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John Frankenheimer's striking direction and a first-rate cast conspire to make Seven Days in May a stark, riveting tale of political intrigue.
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A strikingly dramatic, realistic and provocatively topical film. August 13, 2007 | Full Review…
A strikingly dramatic, realistic and provocatively topical film.
Variety Staff
John Frankenheimer directed, too much in love with technique, though he ably taps the neuroticism of Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, and Fredric March. August 13, 2007 | Full Review…
John Frankenheimer directed, too much in love with technique, though he ably taps the neuroticism of Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, and Fredric March.
Dave Kehr
Highly enjoyable. June 24, 2006 | Full Review…
Highly enjoyable.
Derek Adams
As dismal as is the complication that they and this picture present, the acknowledgment of its possibility and the discovery of how it might be resolved, with wisdom and fundamental courage, make this a brave and forceful film. May 9, 2005 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
As dismal as is the complication that they and this picture present, the acknowledgment of its possibility and the discovery of how it might be resolved, with wisdom and fundamental courage, make this a brave and forceful film.
Bosley Crowther
I went expecting to be entertained by a tough, fast, realistic melodrama... I sat through a meandering parade of conventional TV types wandering through situations so vaguely defined that it would be charity to call them implausible. August 13, 2019 | Full Review…
I went expecting to be entertained by a tough, fast, realistic melodrama... I sat through a meandering parade of conventional TV types wandering through situations so vaguely defined that it would be charity to call them implausible.
Dwight MacDonald
one of the finest political thrillers ever made May 19, 2019 | Full Review…
one of the finest political thrillers ever made
Raquel Stecher
...a decent hour-long thriller trapped within the confines of a bloated misfire. October 3, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
...a decent hour-long thriller trapped within the confines of a bloated misfire.
David Nusair
Frankenheimer's gripping political tale of conspiracy benefits from taut direction, good acting by an all-star cast, and excellent technical values, especially cinematography. May 13, 2012 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Frankenheimer's gripping political tale of conspiracy benefits from taut direction, good acting by an all-star cast, and excellent technical values, especially cinematography.
Emanuel Levy
It's a good, engaging movie - great-looking, too, with top-notch photography and production design - but it tends to fall apart when you start kicking the tires and peek under the hood. December 20, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's a good, engaging movie - great-looking, too, with top-notch photography and production design - but it tends to fall apart when you start kicking the tires and peek under the hood.
Christopher Lloyd
Frankenheimer's Washington, D.C., less baroque than in The Manchurian Candidate but just as hazardous February 20, 2010 | Full Review…
Frankenheimer's Washington, D.C., less baroque than in The Manchurian Candidate but just as hazardous
Fernando F. Croce
Shot in stark black and white, it shows the military not as the usual buffoons, but as ruthless right-wingers with a political agenda. July 22, 2008 | Full Review…
Shot in stark black and white, it shows the military not as the usual buffoons, but as ruthless right-wingers with a political agenda.
Sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. August 13, 2007 | Full Review…
Sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.
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