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11/06/08
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:19
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A savagely funny look at the way sudden notoriety and power corrupt. A small-town windbag (Griffith in his film debut) becomes an overnight success when the TV show created for him by network and... [More]
Starring: Andy Griffith, Lee Remick, Walter Matthau, Patricia Neal
Director: Elia Kazan
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Reviews for A Face in the Crowd
Top CriticA Face in the Crowd has never ceased to be relevant.
02/27/08
Top CriticIt's a biting 'rise and fall' satire, sending out a warning to watch out for legends created on the boob tube.
11/29/07
A raw, penetrating, and terrifying portrait of humanity.
11/01/07
Top CriticNo review available.
12/12/06
What starts out as a seemingly liberal tract rapidly becomes a smug, cynical exercise in misanthropy.
01/26/06
No review available.
06/29/05
...an important cautionary tale for all of us not take everything we see and hear at face value.
05/15/05
Next time you feel like you're getting fooled again by a demagogue, rent this movie and get centered
05/13/05
No review available.
04/28/05
Didactic but highly effective little black comedy from the folks who gave you 'On the Waterfront.' Andy Griffith is downright scary.
12/31/04
No review available.
01/30/04
The remarkable thing about A Face in the Crowd is the way in which this 50-year-old film only seems to become only more relevant with the passing of time.
11/20/03
No review available.
10/31/03
The first half of A Face in the Crowd is genuinely intriguing and competently handled by Kazan, but it quickly degenerates into moralizing diatribe.
05/24/03
Top CriticThis sizzling and cynical exposure... also presents Andy Griffith as the key figure in his first screen role.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
12/31/02
No review available.
12/19/02
No review available.
10/15/02
A little overdone, but Neal and Remick are brilliant.
08/01/02
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