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Carmen Jones (1954)

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Reviews Counted: 16

Fresh: 12

Rotten:4

Average Rating: 6.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: A sizzling screen version of Bizet's Carmen updated for an all-black cast, including an especially sizzling Dandridge. Soldier Belafonte falls for Dandridge, a seductive factory worker. The lovers... A sizzling screen version of Bizet's Carmen updated for an all-black cast, including an especially sizzling Dandridge. Soldier Belafonte falls for Dandridge, a seductive factory worker. The lovers flee after the soldier kills his sergeant, but Carmen's taunting faithlessness drives her lover to a crime of passion. Hammerstein provided lyrics for Bizet's melodies, and Preminger added the snap. If you're curious what all the fuss over Dandridge is about, catch this. [More]

Starring: Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Roy Glenn

Starring: Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Roy Glenn, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters, Joe Adams, Olga James, Sandy Lewis, Nick Stewart, Mauri Lynn

Director: Otto Preminger

Director: Otto Preminger
Screenwriter: Harry Kleiner
Producer: Otto Preminger
Composer: Georges Bizet

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Electric performance by Dorothy Dandridge as the sultry whorish Carmen Jones.

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01/27/08
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Preminger's heavy-handed adaptation of a Broadway triumph combines gorgeous music with risible lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; the project is saved by a terrific cast.

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10/23/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Otto Preminger has transferred it to the screen with taste and imagination in an opulent production.

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10/23/07
Variety Staff
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Impeccably liberal in its time, the film has not aged gracefully, although Dorothy Dandridge's performance in the lead remains a testimony to a black cinema that might have been.

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10/23/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Every frame, you feel, is freighted with the tension imposed by the never-appearing white folks. It was, however, laudable in its desire to showcase the talents of African-American performers who were denied opportunities in Hollywood.

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02/10/07
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]

The best reason to revisit Carmen Jones lies in Dorothy Dandridge's electrifying performance, which saw her become the first African-American to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.

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02/10/07
Tom Dawson
BBC

Woefully miscast in places and extremely dubious in its portrayal of African-Americans but does boast an on-form Dorothy Dandridge.

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02/09/07
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine

Slinking through director Preminger's CinemaScope widescreen in slit skirts and tight blouses, Dandridge is naturally carnal the way summer is naturally warm.

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04/06/06
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

The somewhat heavy-handed direction and the ultimately two-dimensional characters leave you admiring the workmanship without plucking at the necessary emotional/romantic heart-strings.

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02/09/06
Time Out

The results are certainly flawed, but rarely less than fascinating.

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03/17/05
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A truly dreadful film. Preminger can't be faulted for ambition, but for once, his execution is sorely lacking.

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09/18/03
Channel 4 Film

A crazy mixed-up film.

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05/20/03
Bosley Crowther
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Worth seeing for Danridge's sultry, sweet performance.

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03/30/03
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

Interesting Preminger experiment. Modernizing with an all-black cast highlighted by Dandridge and Belafonte is first-rate.

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10/23/02
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

While the embarrassment of talent onscreen is a joy to watch, I can’t help be overwhelmed and a little saddened thinking how much of that talent went ignored by Hollywood most of the time.

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07/30/02
Catherine Cantieri
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07/26/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
 
 
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