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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.
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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. January 2, 2018 | Full Review…
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.
Paul Attanasio
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…
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.
Roger Ebert
Watching 1984 is a powerful, even terrifying experience, but so is being locked up in a dark closet. February 28, 2020 | Full Review…
Watching 1984 is a powerful, even terrifying experience, but so is being locked up in a dark closet.
Molly Haskell
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…
Radford's visualization of Orwell's vision in 1984 is all the more powerful and disconcerting today for how frighteningly prescient it was
James Kendrick
The visuals capture the oppressive atmosphere of the novel even if the script can't quite convey the sheer horror (and chilling wordplay) whipped up by Orwell. July 27, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The visuals capture the oppressive atmosphere of the novel even if the script can't quite convey the sheer horror (and chilling wordplay) whipped up by Orwell.
Matt Brunson
Radford's adaptation of 1984 is admirable in that it perfectly captures the look and feel of the novel's oppressive dystopian setting, but unfortunately it's less successful when it comes to presenting the narrative of its rebellious central figure. July 22, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Radford's adaptation of 1984 is admirable in that it perfectly captures the look and feel of the novel's oppressive dystopian setting, but unfortunately it's less successful when it comes to presenting the narrative of its rebellious central figure.
Jeff Beck
Radford and Deakins brilliantly juxtapose these vistas of industrial decay with pastoral shots of the verdant English countryside to which the characters escape, first in person, then in their minds. December 28, 2018 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Radford and Deakins brilliantly juxtapose these vistas of industrial decay with pastoral shots of the verdant English countryside to which the characters escape, first in person, then in their minds.
Nathanael Hood
Can it live up to the masterpiece from which it was adapted? In short, the answer is no. But it makes a damn good crack at it. July 26, 2018 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Can it live up to the masterpiece from which it was adapted? In short, the answer is no. But it makes a damn good crack at it.
Robert Martin
Like the book, 1984 understands that forgetting these lessons puts us a step closer to the unthinkable. April 4, 2017 | Full Review…
Like the book, 1984 understands that forgetting these lessons puts us a step closer to the unthinkable.
Rob Vaux
Book-based tale has brutal political torture, violence, sex. February 28, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Book-based tale has brutal political torture, violence, sex.
Barbara Shulgasser
It's the linguistic cargo - the story of "Newspeak," the outlining of the censor's calling - that makes this tale still fearful. February 10, 2017 | Full Review…
It's the linguistic cargo - the story of "Newspeak," the outlining of the censor's calling - that makes this tale still fearful.
Richard von Busack
Its accuracy goes hand-in-hand with its unobtrusive nature, perfectly creating the ordinariness of Orwell's dystopian nightmare in ways that unsettle you only in retrospect. December 18, 2014 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Its accuracy goes hand-in-hand with its unobtrusive nature, perfectly creating the ordinariness of Orwell's dystopian nightmare in ways that unsettle you only in retrospect.
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