Il Grido (The Cry) Reviews

One of many duds from Michelangelo Antonioni.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

The two American actors, Cochran and Blair, seem to lack any understanding of the director's methods and deliver the least satisfying performances to be found in any Antonioni film.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

The beautifully desolate cinematography is rich in its gray color palette.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Steve Cochran gives a superb performance.

Full Review | Original Score: A

Visually brilliant drama.

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If Antonioni's assuredness isn't yet in place, Il Grido remains a key transitional work, with remarkable photography, fluid camerawork, and a typically unforgettable finale ranking among its most notable virtues.

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A fairly lucid story that puts no undue strain on a viewer's imagination or intellect.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

| Original Score: 4/5

The camera's spare, stunning compositions and the tone of loss and disaffection anticipate Antonioni's later, brilliant explorations of bourgeois anomie.

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A bleak and desolate film, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni with an eye to the emotive powers of the barren landscape.

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