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03/26/09
Testament (1983)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:7
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In California, the Wetherly family hears a news broadcast about a nuclear explosion on the east coast. Soon after, their small town of Hamlin experiences a communications blackout as the west coast... [More]
Starring: Jane Alexander, William Devane, Ross Harris, Roxana Zal
Director: Lynne Littman
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Reviews for Testament
1 - 11 (sorted by rotten rating)
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06/24/06
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05/20/03
Top CriticThe film is barely competent, revealing its TV-movie roots in uncertain directorial guidance, technical flubs, [and] a patchwork script.
04/26/08
A bleak, uncompromising look at the after-effects of a nuclear attack. The small scale makes the tragic story the more intimate and personal. A touching experience.
12/06/04
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02/22/04
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06/12/05
Powerful depiction of the psychological terror that grips a California community after New York and other cities in the East are destroyed by nuclear bombs.
03/31/05
The film's emotional impact is draining and long lasting without showing close-ups of the initial blast with evaporating bodies and mass destruction.
02/26/03
Testament’s power comes in all the understatements...
08/06/05
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10/23/04
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