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Rebel Without a Cause

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Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

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Reviews Counted:41

Fresh:39

Rotten:2

Average Rating:8.1/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 27 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The classic film about alienated and rebellious youth that made James Dean an indelible icon. "Rebel without a Cause" focuses on a teenage social outcast searching for his identity. His... The classic film about alienated and rebellious youth that made James Dean an indelible icon. "Rebel without a Cause" focuses on a teenage social outcast searching for his identity. His dysfunctional parents (a milquetoast father and a cantankerous mom) can't help him and he shuns any form of authority. The young man only finds solace in the company of two fellow teenage misfits, but even they aren't able to prevent tragedy from befalling this reckless and uncontrollable anti-hero. [More]

Starring: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus

Starring: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Dennis Hopper, Nick Adams, Jack Simmons, Marietta Canty

Director: Nicholas Ray

Director: Nicholas Ray
Producer: David Weisbart
Composer: Leonard Rosenman

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Sep 21, 1999

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This full-color, widescreen masterpiece gives us remarkable images.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
03/06/09
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Fine generational drama-tragedy which helped give James Dean movie immortality.

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02/22/08
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

The drama and hepcat dialogue feel clunky now, but the movie's plea for dads to talk to their children -- what we now call emotional literacy -- is valid enough.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
10/23/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

For all its faults this is still the teen angst melodrama to end them all, and Dean's performance established him as an icon, a legend and a myth.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
10/23/07
Channel 4 Film

An unmissable film, made with a delirious compassion.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
10/23/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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In this powerful study of juvenile violence, Dean is riveting as a teenager groping for love from a society he finds alien and oppressive.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
10/23/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Here is a fairly exciting, suspenseful and provocative, if also occasionally far-fetched, melodrama of unhappy youth on another delinquency kick.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/23/07
Robert J. Landry
Robert J. Landry
Variety
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If ever a film was haunted, it's "Rebel Without a Cause," which burns as a bright memorial for stars James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
06/17/07
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Under Ray's dissecting eye, the suburban home itself becomes a battleground where parent and child must scream over each other to be heard

Full Review Source: Reverse Shot | comment Comment
08/06/06
Leo Goldsmith
Leo Goldsmith
Reverse Shot

A fine script, dynamic direction, doomed romantic idealism and telling performances make this the most timeless of Ray's gripping, socially aware dramas.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
Angie Errigo
Angie Errigo
Empire Magazine

Dean's finest film, hardly surprisingly in that Ray was one of the great '50s directors.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Like its hero, Rebel Without a Cause desperately wants to say something and doesn't know what it is. If it did know, it would lose its fascination.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/20/06
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Rebel shifts with the times

Full Review Source: JWR | comment Comment
01/09/06
S. James Wegg
S. James Wegg
JWR

People like to say that Dean was nothing but a Marlon Brando imitation, but Marlon never looked this young, this perfect.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Brad Laidman
Brad Laidman
Film Threat

No review available.

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10/18/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

When first released, neither studio nor critics knew what to make of it, failing to realize that it would become the most influential work in American film history

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07/19/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Profoundly romantic and lacerating in its despair.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
05/23/05
Dan Callahan
Dan Callahan
Slant Magazine

Rebel really belongs entirely to Dean and his iconic red windbreaker

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/19/05
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

A movie for anyone who's ever been a teenager.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
05/03/05
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

No review available.

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02/05/05
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
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