1984
1984, Sci fi, 1h 55m
27 Reviews 50,000+ RatingsWhat to know
1984 doesn't fully emerge from the shadow of its source material, but still proves a solid, suitably discomfiting adaptation of a classic dystopian tale. Read critic reviews
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Winston Smith
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Critic Reviews for 1984
All Critics (27) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (7)
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Nodding to the movie's bleak mood, Burton bleakens himself; robbed of the pleasures of the grand, show-offy way he could use his voice, the mischievous twinkle of his eye, you feel cheated.
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Michael Radford's brilliant film of Orwell's vision does a good job of finding that line between the "future" world of 1984 and the grim postwar world in which Orwell wrote.
October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… -
Many viewers might become agitated at its placidity, especially considering the cheerlessness of the subject matter.
September 6, 2020 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review… -
[A] well-intentioned (if overly stylised) adaptation...
July 23, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
Watching 1984 is a powerful, even terrifying experience, but so is being locked up in a dark closet.
February 28, 2020 | Full Review… -
Radford's visualization of Orwell's vision in 1984 is all the more powerful and disconcerting today for how frighteningly prescient it was
August 6, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for 1984
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Aug 06, 20172 + 2 = 22. new math!Sanity Assassin ! Super Reviewer
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Nov 02, 2015Straightforward adaptation. Reasonably compelling. Between a 3.5 and a 4. Bumping it to a 4.Kyle M Super Reviewer
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Sep 10, 2013It's got great costumes, amazing set design, atmospheric and masterfully displayed. Although there were some small changes from the book, I still enjoyed the adaptation greatly. I didn't like how explicit the film treated with nudity and sex, it shouldn't be so graphic, it doesn't really match the depressing theme running throughout. One thing that really stood was the change of calling each other comrades to calling each other brothers or sisters, it made sense to the use of Big Brother. The lunacy and frantic of the Two Minutes Hate were badly done I reckon, it wasn't really that heated, people were able to control themselves straight after kinda didn't make sense and seemed flimsy. But overall, Nineteen Eighty Four was quite well done, but not great.Sylvester K Super Reviewer
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May 23, 2013I have to start by stating I've read the book. That always has an impact on how one views a movie. In my case, it has been over 25 years since I read and enjoyed the book, and yet something bothered me about the movie. It seems to take a long time to parlay to us, the movie watchers, how bleak things are in 1984. I got the idea much faster reading the book. The bleakness part of the movie bored me to tears. Also, the ending seemed different - actually the movie ending confused me.Red L Super Reviewer
1984 Quotes
| Party Member: | Brothers and sisters, one week from now, in this very square, we shall, as a demonstration of our resolve and as a sure sign to those who attempt to threaten our Party and our State, we shall execute publicly the same number of Eastasian prisoners by hanging, drawing and quartering. |
| Winston Smith: | Does Big Brother exist? |
| O'Brien: | Of course. |
| Winston Smith: | The same way as me? |
| O'Brien: | You do not exist. |
| Winston Smith: | We are the dead. |
| Winston Smith: | Everything fades into mist. The past is erased, the eraser forgotten. The lie becomes truth, and then becomes a lie again. |
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