Sometimes a Great Notion

Name: Sometimes a Great Notion
Genre: Drama
Released: TODO_MISSING
Rating: 100

1970, Drama, 1h 54m

14 Reviews 500+ Ratings

Grey Gardens

T-Men

Comfort and Joy

My Life as a Courgette

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

Rate And Review

Super Reviewer

Rate this movie

Oof, that was Rotten.

Meh, it passed the time.

It’s good – I’d recommend it.

Awesome!

So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

What did you think of the movie? (optional)
You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.
Super Reviewer
Step 2 of 2

How did you buy your ticket?

Let's get your review verified.
Fandango

AMCTheatres.com or AMC AppNew

Enter your Ticket Confirmation# located in your email.More Info

Cinemark Coming Soon

We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

Regal Coming Soon

We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

Theater box office or somewhere else
By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.
You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.
Super Reviewer

Rate this movie

Oof, that was Rotten.

Meh, it passed the time.

It’s good – I’d recommend it.

Awesome!

So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

What did you think of the movie? (optional)
How did you buy your ticket?
- Fandango
- AMCTheatres.com or AMC AppNew
  
  Enter your Ticket Confirmation# located in your email.More Info
- Cinemark Coming Soon
  
  We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.
- Regal Coming Soon
  
  We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.
- Theater box office or somewhere else
By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.
You haven’t finished your review yet, want to submit as-is?

You can always edit your review after.
Are you sure?

Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers.
Want to submit changes to your review before closing?

Sometimes a Great Notion Photos

View All Photos (14)

Movie Info

A family of independent Oregon loggers refuses to participate in a local strike against the big lumber companies.

Rating:

PG
Genre:

Drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Paul Newman
Producer:

John Foreman
Writer:

John Gay
Release Date (Theaters):

Jan 19, 1972 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 31, 2011
Runtime:

1h 54m
Distributor:

Universal Pictures
Sound Mix:

Stereo

Cast & Crew

Paul Newman
Hank Stamper

Henry Fonda
Henry Stamper

Lee Remick
Viv Stamper

Michael Sarrazin
Leeland Stamper

Richard Jaeckel
Joe Ben Stamper

Linda Lawson
Jan Stamper

Show all Cast & Crew

Critic Reviews for Sometimes a Great Notion

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (14)

Full Review… J. Hoberman Village Voice

Full Review… Stephen Garrett Time Out

Full Review… Variety Staff Variety

Full Review… Time Out Staff Time Out

Full Review… Vincent Canby New York Times

Full Review… Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times

Full Review… Quentin Tarantino The New Beverly

Full Review… Alberto Abuín Espinof

Full Review… Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

Full Review… Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Full Review… Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly

Full Review… Jules Brenner Cinema Signals

View All Critic Reviews (14)

Audience Reviews for Sometimes a Great Notion

Feb 24, 2011

Okay but overlong logging drama would have benefitted by being a half hour shorter. Has a fine cast, with Lee Remick giving the best performance even though her screen time is limited, but they don't have enough to work with. It just should have been more involving.

jay n Super Reviewer