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A classic of the Western genre that broke with many of the traditions at the time, High Noon endures -- in no small part thanks to Gary Cooper's defiant, Oscar-winning performance.
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Few westerns have conveyed fear so potently as Kane tries to persuade the townsfolk to stand against Miller and his gang, while the clock runs down in real time. September 20, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Few westerns have conveyed fear so potently as Kane tries to persuade the townsfolk to stand against Miller and his gang, while the clock runs down in real time.
Ed Potton
High Noon combines its points about good citizenship with some excellent picturemaking. July 26, 2011 | Full Review…
High Noon combines its points about good citizenship with some excellent picturemaking.
Zinnemann carefully and deliberately makes the most of the mood cast by the threat of impending violence. October 18, 2008 | Full Review…
Zinnemann carefully and deliberately makes the most of the mood cast by the threat of impending violence.
William Brogdon
Some of the results ring false, but the memorable theme song and some equally memorable character acting (by Thomas Mitchell and Lon Chaney Jr. more than Lloyd Bridges and Katy Jurado) help things along. September 4, 2007 | Full Review…
Some of the results ring false, but the memorable theme song and some equally memorable character acting (by Thomas Mitchell and Lon Chaney Jr. more than Lloyd Bridges and Katy Jurado) help things along.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
High Noon won a fistful of Oscars, but in these days of pasteboard screen machismo, it's worth seeing simply as the anatomy of what it took to make a man before the myth turned sour. February 9, 2006 | Full Review…
High Noon won a fistful of Oscars, but in these days of pasteboard screen machismo, it's worth seeing simply as the anatomy of what it took to make a man before the myth turned sour.
Derek Adams
More than a half-century later, Foreman was right after all: High Noon is a scorching and sour portrait of American complacence and capacity for collaborationism. April 27, 2004
More than a half-century later, Foreman was right after all: High Noon is a scorching and sour portrait of American complacence and capacity for collaborationism.
Michael Atkinson
...something fresh and mature and honest by dint of superior treatment all along the line. October 7, 2019 | Full Review…
...something fresh and mature and honest by dint of superior treatment all along the line.
Clyde Gilmour
With one of the greatest opening sequences in film history, High Noon kicks-off in an outstanding fashion and this 1952 film just gets better and better as it builds towards its climax. October 5, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
With one of the greatest opening sequences in film history, High Noon kicks-off in an outstanding fashion and this 1952 film just gets better and better as it builds towards its climax.
Niall Browne
A Truly great Western September 16, 2019 | Full Review…
A Truly great Western
Rob Aldam
A perfect drama... An eternal adventure of men facing the decisive moment of luck, willing to kill or be killed. [Full Review in Spanish] August 20, 2019 | Full Review…
A perfect drama... An eternal adventure of men facing the decisive moment of luck, willing to kill or be killed. [Full Review in Spanish]
Jesús Fernández Santos
High Noon reflected the heightened fear of the Soviets in the '50s, now similar to the xenophobia that has been raised and further inflamed by our political leaders. February 22, 2017 | Full Review…
High Noon reflected the heightened fear of the Soviets in the '50s, now similar to the xenophobia that has been raised and further inflamed by our political leaders.
David Fontana
It's the film's brevity that prevents it from soaring, since the stripped-down narrative generally allows only the widest of brush strokes when it comes to painting the characters and their situations. Cooper's performance is masterful, however. September 25, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's the film's brevity that prevents it from soaring, since the stripped-down narrative generally allows only the widest of brush strokes when it comes to painting the characters and their situations. Cooper's performance is masterful, however.
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