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10/18/08
High Noon (1952)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:38
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: Gary Cooper is Hollywood's perfect hero, the very embodiment of integrity and grace in this greatest of Westerns. As a newly married town marshal, he must balance an innate sense of justice and... [More]
Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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Reviews for High Noon
Just a good guy, a bad guy, and a clean-cut ending that leaves you shrugging the whole thing off.
06/27/01
No review available.
06/04/04
Not a frame is wasted in this taut, superbly directed, masterfully acted film.
01/01/00
One of the best westerns ever made. Had me on the edge of my seat the entire time!
08/29/02
No review available.
04/07/05
Meaningful in its implications, as well as loaded with interest and suspense, High Noon is a western to challenge Stagecoach for the all-time championship.
05/20/03
The film works remarkably well as a simple but powerful parable.
01/01/00
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
06/14/08
A film about what it means to be a man that manages to avoid the musk of machismo, High Noon is truly a film that improves with each and every viewing.
04/17/01
Can be enjoyed simply because it's so well done.
04/30/04
High Noon won a fistful of Oscars, but in these days of pasteboard screen machismo, it's worth seeing simply as the anatomy of what it took to make a man before the myth turned sour.
02/09/06
Flaws don't negate the strong impact this film would have on the viewer, the impact that inspired many future filmmakers and made High Noon one of the most important pieces of American film legacy.
01/01/00
One of the most overestimated Westerns in film history, High Noon is schematic and more of a reflection of the times in which it was made than the classic it's considered to be, though Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly are excellent.
07/29/06
The Western may be one of the few truly American art forms, and High Noon shows exactly how much potential it can embrace.
03/21/01
Top CriticNo review available.
09/05/02
quintessential Western that transcends the genre
09/27/03
...plays on the psychology of its characters and situations; an oater with insight and introspection...thought over action.
12/04/03
THE great American Western.
11/28/03
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