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Richard L. Coe

Richard L. Coe's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) 100% EDIT “Alec Guinness is delightfully dry as the thinking worm and Stanley Holloway a perfect foil as the blustery geegaw manufacturer. ” – Washington Post Apr 18, 2024 Full Review The Big Heat (1953) 95% EDIT “That all these things exist one has only to read the newspapers to realize, but how much easier The Big Heat makes the country’s wholesale criminality to believe.” – Washington Post Apr 10, 2024 Full Review Sabrina (1954) 89% EDIT “The Cinderella tradition is safe in producer-director-writer Wilder's keeping, thanks to the unique and graceful charm of little Audrey. ” – Washington Post Mar 28, 2024 Full Review The Searchers (1956) 87% EDIT “The Searchers, wherein Director John Ford again visits Arizona's Monument Valley, seeks but never completely captures an epic sweep. Frank Nugent's screen play... somehow fails to be consistently interesting.” – Washington Post Mar 25, 2024 Full Review Gaby (1956) EDIT “Tries hard to be gently tender but succeeds in being largely dull.” – Washington Post Mar 21, 2024 Full Review The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) 89% EDIT “On the whole, The Man Who Knew Too Much is a dandy of its popular kind.” – Washington Post Mar 21, 2024 Full Review Westward the Women (1951) 69% EDIT “Charles Schnee, the script writer, and William A. Wellman, the director, have overdone their contributions... had they lopped off half an hour from their running time... Westward the Women would have been a better picture. ” – Washington Post Mar 8, 2024 Full Review Sayonara (1957) 82% EDIT “Logan's ability to transfer a sensitive thought from what might be a miniature painting into a huge mural is once more illustrated in "Sayonara."” – Washington Post Mar 2, 2023 Full Review Diabolique (1955) 95% EDIT “This is a throwback -- and a grand one -- to the creaky, old-fashioned whoopdoodle that distinguished Caligari and, for that matter, The Cat and the Canary. ” – Washington Post Jan 31, 2023 Full Review Stalag 17 (1953) 91% EDIT “One of the year’s better films, a taut, shrewdly observant melodrama several notches above its stage original.” – Washington Post Nov 5, 2022 Full Review Village of the Damned (1960) 93% EDIT “Yes, despite its lackluster title, Village of the Damned is a clammy little masterpiece. Don't miss this one.” – Washington Post Sep 28, 2022 Full Review The Pearl (1947) 90% EDIT “The Pearl is out of the ordinary and worth your while.” – Washington Post Sep 27, 2022 Full Review High Noon (1952) 94% EDIT “This gives us some time-tested staples: Gary Cooper, a pioneer Western town, lawlessness, gun-shootin' and a haunting theme song you've probably heard already. To these add a movie rarity -- a mature point of view. ” – Washington Post Sep 20, 2022 Full Review La Strada (1954) 98% EDIT “Obviously, La Strada is not for everyone or anyone. It veers on the arty, but thinking about it later, you'll find it had something to say. ” – Washington Post Sep 14, 2022 Full Review Hamlet (1948) 96% EDIT “Here is Hamlet, the ghost story, the revenge plot, the action-filled melodrama, the character study, the fount of great language, the well-spring of thought... Here, in short, is one of the great movies of our day.” – Washington Post Aug 17, 2022 Full Review Umberto D (1952) 98% EDIT “Not since France, before the war, sent us The End of the Day has a film honorably faced the fact of old age. This is the subject, probingly, beautifully detailed in [Umberto D.]. ” – Washington Post Aug 16, 2022 Full Review Marty (1955) 96% EDIT “What makes this rare is that it is realistic without being sordid. It records with honest eye, ear and heart a few simple people in their own simple setting and finds life wonderful. ” – Washington Post Aug 2, 2022 Full Review An American in Paris (1951) 95% EDIT “Virtues abound -- an all-Gershwin score, a likely tale, adept Gene Kelly, a delightful newcomer named Leslie Caron, a windup of dancing before imaginative settings and over all a spirit of crisp originality and sophistication.” – Washington Post Aug 2, 2022 Full Review The Third Man (1949) 99% EDIT “It’s all neatly sewn together and recalls the early Hitchcock spy chasers, The Lady Vanishes and the 39 Steps. The playing is fitted nicely to the director’s and writer’s specifications and there are some appealing portraits limned by Austrian actors.” – Washington Post Jul 26, 2022 Full Review All About Eve (1950) 99% EDIT “You'll want to see All Abut Eve a couple of times.” – Washington Post Jul 26, 2022 Full Review From Here to Eternity (1953) 88% EDIT “You will ask how closely this follows the events and rugged dialogue of the book. There are omissions, particularly of language, but the story changes have a stunning ring of truth to them.” – Washington Post Jul 25, 2022 Full Review The Bad Seed (1956) 64% EDIT “[The Bad Seed] is a double-decked rouser -- a sock melodrama and an absorbing study in crime.” – Washington Post Jul 25, 2022 Full Review The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 96% EDIT “This gripping tale will keep you tied to your seat thanks to the brilliant effectiveness with which Director David Lean has tied together script, casting and technical demands.” – Washington Post Jul 25, 2022 Full Review All the King's Men (1949) 97% EDIT “It has the sort of excitement to interest the most escapist-minded of picturegoers. It has the sharp delineations of characters that fascinate those whose hobby is people. And it is an immensely provocative political document.” – Washington Post Jul 25, 2022 Full Review
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