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Kings Row (1942) Rank 5 Reviews
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TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
"Where's the rest of me?" Too bad Ronnie never found the answer. Containing what is easily the future President's finest performance, KINGS ROW was a startling film for its day, portraying a small town not with the poignancy and little joys of Thorton ...read the complete Kings Row movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Wood's small-town tale is one of the darkest melodramas Hollywood has made, especially in the 1940s. The style is different, but thematically it bears resemblance to Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt and Welles' Magnificent Ambersons made at the same time ...read the complete Kings Row movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
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Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
This is a transition point from the second third of the film (the first being the short act that dealt with the characters as children) into the third. While Cummings is away at school, Reagan loses his fortune to a corrupt banker. This being before ...read the complete Kings Row movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
...one of the best soapy melodramas ever to come out of Hollywood. ...read the complete Kings Row movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
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by Hiram Gomez Pardo on January 28, 2009
First and foremost, "Kings row" is a film that anticipated itself for years to late classics (All the king's men, for instance). Behind the peaceful facade of a small town, two men (Ronald Reagan in his lifetime `s performance and Robert Cummings, who ...
by Beverly Badini on October 18, 2008
This is an outstanding film starring Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings, Ann Sheridan, Claude Rains, Charles Coburn and Betty Field. (1942) I have been looking for this film and was delighted when I found it available on Amazon.com. It is a great story and I ...
by Prune Toe on September 21, 2008
Personally I think this movie could garner a five-star rating from anyone, regardless of age. Like any exceptional movie, there are multiple layers to solicit an empathy from the urban goth to the rural colonialist. But, if you're a romantic, then this ...
by Martin Asiner "Ad... on September 07, 2008
KINGS ROW is one of those rare films that transcends its potboiler status into one that can make a legitimate claim as a near-great movie. Taken from the novel by Harry Bellamann, KINGS ROW, under the sure hand of director Sam Wood, manages to convey a ...
by G. Stackler "cybe... on August 29, 2008
Anyone that says that Ronald Reagan couldn't act needs to see this movie. It is a sweeping story of friendship, loyalty and hope set in a small town at the turn of the century. Don't think that means that it is sappy, a small town has it secrets and bad ...
by Walter Todd Solle... on February 05, 2008
"King's Row" is one of the darkest masterpieces ever to come out of the Hollywood studio system. Released on February 2, 1942, this scathing attack on turn of the century small town American life probably would not have been made in patriotic, ...
by K. Marshall "KC M... on December 04, 2007
This is a great DVD that most of the older generation would appreciate more than the younger generation. ...
by Robert I. Bloom on October 05, 2007
this movie is so heavy and intense--and ultimately joyful !!! it knocks me out every time i watch it-- sheer brilliance---- every aspect--cast crew soundtrack-- howe's cinematography !!sam woods' briiliant direction and the soundtrack !! korngold at his ...
by elena maria vidal on August 25, 2007
Anyone who has ever dismissed Ronald Reagan as ...
by John Farr "The Be... on June 25, 2007
Rediscover the lost art of melodrama with Sam Wood's peerless "Kings Row". The film's strength lies in its subtle transformation from wholesome Americana into a dark tale of madness and evil, transcending any sentimental, dated attributes. ...
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