The Front (1976)
74 %
Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 14 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis: One of the first films made about the House Committee on Un-American Activities' (HUAC) communist "witch hunts" of the 1950s, THE FRONT is a bitterly funny look at one of the most notorious periods in modern American history. Woody Allen stars as Howard Prince, a small-time bookie and cashier... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci
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Although made by those who were punished by being blacklisted during that period, the film disappoints by being so politically mild.
09/23/06
This underdeveloped look backward skirts the more complex, yet always timely, material of how and why reactionary fearmongering happens.
04/05/06
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The tragedy implied by this character tells us what we need to know about the blacklist's effect on people's lives; the rest of the movie adds almost nothing else.
10/23/04
Top Critic
The Front may not be all you need to know about the 1950's blacklist tragedy, but it's certainly one of the finest films ever made on the subject.
05/10/04
Bernstein smartly suggests how capitalism actually benefited from the oppression of suspected communists.
02/12/04
Proves that no one can escape the long and intrusive arm of politics and evade involvement
01/18/04
Offers the bonus of the reality of its makers' involvement, and one of the greatest closing lines in the history of film.
07/30/02
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