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The Way We Were (1973)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:11

Rotten:7

Average Rating:6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Sydney Pollack directs Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand in this sensitive and moving tale of the romance of two individuals whose political ideologies are exact opposites. Streisand won an... Sydney Pollack directs Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand in this sensitive and moving tale of the romance of two individuals whose political ideologies are exact opposites. Streisand won an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Katie Morosky, a Jewish student radical who falls in love with Hubbell Gardner (Redford), a conservative privileged writer. The two interact from the beginning of their college courtship through the Hollywood-blacklisting era of the 1950s. [More]

Starring: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Murray Hamilton

Starring: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Murray Hamilton, Lois Chiles, Patrick O'Neal, Herb Edelman, Roy Jenson, Brendan Kelly

Director: Sydney Pollack

Director: Sydney Pollack
Producer: Ray Stark
Composer: Marvin Hamlisch
Story: Arthur Laurents

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Dec 14, 1999

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11/25/03
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

Some movies just don’t stand the test of time.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The story of Jewish left-wing ugly duckling and the WASP prince with whom she falls in love encapsulates its time and emotions with knowing precision.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/01/03
Austin Chronicle

The politics are relegated to the background, and what is left is a commercially astute weepie.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/26/08
Channel 4 Film

A for effort; C for execution.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
05/26/08
Don Druker
Don Druker
Chicago Reader

It's easy to forgive the movie a lot because of Streisand. She's fantastic.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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In Pollack's schmaltzy romantic melodrama, real politics is in the background (of course), but the movie is enjoyable as a star vehicle for its handsome stars, Redford and Streisand in their only film together, not to mention Hamlisch's melodic tone.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
07/29/09
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Comes off as about as believable as a love affair between myself and a potted plant.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

No review available.

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06/26/03
Edward Havens
Edward Havens
FilmJerk.com

certainly a classic of its kind

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01/23/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

No review available.

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05/29/06
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Ultra glossy soaper that's frankly irresistible.

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08/14/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Syrupy and over-rated.

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04/16/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Sentimental but not overly smaltzy

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03/29/07
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews

With the script glossing whole areas of confrontation (from the communist '30s to the McCarthy witch-hunts), it often passes into the haze of a nostalgic fashion parade.

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01/26/06
Time Out

An engrossing, if occasionally ludicrous, hit tearjerker with Pollack, Streisand, and Redford doing a good job of bringing Arthur Laurents' script to the screen.

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05/26/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A distended, talky, redundant and moody melodrama.

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05/26/08
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