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Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:24

Rotten:5

Average Rating:6.9/10

Consensus: 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.

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Though the studios of the Golden Age were reluctant to produce films about Anti-Semitism, this Elia Kazan picture remains one of the best of the few Hollywood treatments of the subject. Gregory... Though the studios of the Golden Age were reluctant to produce films about Anti-Semitism, this Elia Kazan picture remains one of the best of the few Hollywood treatments of the subject. 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. Moss Hart wrote the script, which was based on the novel by Laura Z. Hobson. [More]

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

Starring: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, June Havoc, Albert Dekker, Jane Wyatt, Dean Stockwell, Sam Jaffe

Director: Elia Kazan

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

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Oct 5, 1999

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Gentleman's Agreement is an important experiment, honestly approached and successfully brought off.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
02/18/09
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It looks pretty timorous now.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
02/17/09
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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[A] brilliant and powerful film.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
02/19/08
Hobe Morrison
Hobe Morrison
Variety
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While this multi-Oscar-winning film was controversial at the time of its release, it now seems overly preachy.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
11/01/07
Channel 4 Film
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You'd think a 60-year-old movie about prejudice would be passé by now. You'd be wrong.

Full Review Source: Movie Habit | comment Comment
05/10/07
Marty Mapes
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Movie Habit

[It] remains a classic crusading film.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
12/12/06
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An incisive look at the effects of anti-Semitism and the attempts to stamp it out.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
10/24/06
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

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.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
07/15/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Good performances, however, particularly from Garfield and Holm.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
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Time Out

No review available.

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
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Fantastica Daily

Preachy but effective indictment of anti-Semitism

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01/18/05
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online

No review available.

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10/01/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

A frightening time capsule of ethnic intolerance.

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07/21/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

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
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

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
Dennis Schwartz
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
Matt Easterbrook
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
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07/08/03
Walter Chaw
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Film Freak Central

The film still has abundant meaning and should be fully and widely enjoyed.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Bosley Crowther
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New York Times
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Preachy but enjoyable.

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03/02/03
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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