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Gentleman's Agreement

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Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

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Reviews Counted: 29 Fresh: 25  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.1/10
 
Consensus: The performances from Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire are superb. It occasionally fails to live up to its subject matter -- and is perhaps an 'important' film more than a 'great' one -- but the performances from Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire are superb. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Synopsis:
The best of the few Hollywood treatments of anti-Semitism. Gregory Peck gives the right gravity to his role of a magazine reporter who comes to understand in a personal way the barriers imposed by prejudice when, to add depth to his magazine feature, he takes on a Jewish identity. Hart wrote the... [More]
The best of the few Hollywood treatments of anti-Semitism. Gregory Peck gives the right gravity to his role of a magazine reporter who comes to understand in a personal way the barriers imposed by prejudice when, to add depth to his magazine feature, he takes on a Jewish identity. Hart wrote the script, based on the novel by Laura Z. Hobson. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere

Director: Elia Kazan
Screenwriter: Moss Hart
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Composer: Alfred Newman

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Jan 14, 2003

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[A] brilliant and powerful film.

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02/19/08 05:58 PM
Hobe Morrison
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While this multi-Oscar-winning film was controversial at the time of its release, it now seems overly preachy.

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11/01/07 01:45 PM
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You'd think a 60-year-old movie about prejudice would be passé by now. You'd be wrong.

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05/10/07 07:09 PM
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit
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[It] remains a classic crusading film.

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12/12/06 09:57 PM
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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An incisive look at the effects of anti-Semitism and the attempts to stamp it out.

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10/24/06 02:35 PM
Wesley Lovell
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Tame and too hopeful by today's standards, but Kazan's message drama was important in 1947, representing one of the first time that the word Jew was explicity used in a Hollywood picture.

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07/15/06 11:22 AM
Emanuel Levy
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Good performances, however, particularly from Garfield and Holm.

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06/24/06 03:33 AM
Geoff Andrew
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10/09/05 08:01 PM
Chuck O'Leary
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07/17/05 08:46 AM
Emanuel Levy
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Preachy but effective indictment of anti-Semitism

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01/18/05 09:25 PM
Dan Lybarger
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10/01/04 04:37 PM
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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A frightening time capsule of ethnic intolerance.

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07/21/04 08:26 PM
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star
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Verdadeiro tratado sociológico sobre a intolerância e o preconceito, o filme continua a impressionar por sua ambição e por se manter atual quase 60 anos depois de realizado.

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04/03/04 12:46 AM
Pablo Villaca
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The film does try to tackle a subject matter that has not been covered too well by Hollywood at the time, and for that alone it should be commended.

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01/21/04 05:42 PM
Dennis Schwartz
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I definitely can't fault Gentleman's Agreement for its subject matter, but man, does it ever beat you over the head with it.

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10/26/03 11:42 AM
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08/22/03 06:17 PM
Carol Cling
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07/08/03 04:15 PM
Walter Chaw
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The film still has abundant meaning and should be fully and widely enjoyed.

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05/20/03 05:13 PM
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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Preachy but enjoyable.

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03/02/03 08:35 AM
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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Gentleman’s Agreement may have been an important film at one time, but it was never a good film.

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02/18/03 08:26 AM
Matt Bailey
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