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Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)

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All Time

of 190,166

1,155

1940's

of 9,975

101

1942

of 1,956

12
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 38,015
  
  658
  
  Drama of 1942
  
  of 191
  
  6
  
  Drama of the 1940's
  
  of 1,823
  
  65

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Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.9887

Avg Critic Score:2.9578

Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) Movie Reviews

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ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Even with so many cuts reducing the final third to a frustrating mish-mash of disjointed segments, it retains the occasional power to mesmerize and amaze. ...read the complete Magnificent Ambersons movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

I've never been a fan of The Magnificent Ambersons, despite its reputation as one of Orson Welles' best works, but I'd recently heard it would become a TV miniseries, so I figured a repeat viewing was in order. My thoughts remain unchanged. ...read the complete Magnificent Ambersons movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

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"Told in a magnificently opulent cinematic style. ...read the complete Magnificent Ambersons movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)

Yet what is most magical is, despite one-third of Welles's original vision being destroyed (only the beginning of the end of his artistic freedom), how well The Magnificent Ambersons holds up. The film is thematically,...read the complete Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) review at ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)

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DVD Talk (Holly E. Ordway)

A remake of Orson Welles' 1941 original film, the 2002 production of The Magnificent Ambersons uses Welles' original script, and includes scenes that were cut from the 1941 version of the film. As I have not seen the 1941 film, or read the novel by...read the complete Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) review at DVD Talk (Holly E. Ordway)

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