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High Noon (1952) Rank 4 Reviews
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ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
Despite its overall predictability, the pleasure rests with how the details are molded and how Gary Cooper holds the film together in his best role. Deceptively ...read the complete High Noon movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
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TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Not a frame is wasted in this taut, superbly directed, masterfully acted film. ...read the complete High Noon movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
Meaningful in its implications, as well as loaded with interest and suspense, High Noon is a western to challenge Stagecoach for the all-time championship. ...read the complete High Noon movie review at New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
A morality tale dressed in rawhide and denim. One of the best. ...read the complete High Noon movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Daily-Reviews (Dennis Prince)
Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)
Daily-Reviews.com (Dennis Prince)
Wrapped in a new embossed leather-like slipcase, this new collector's edition of High Noon is special indeed. If you've yet to see the picture, hopefully the high praise share here will not set expectations too high. But, upon viewing the picture, it's ...read the complete High Noon movie review at Daily-Reviews.com (Dennis Prince)
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Not a frame is wasted in this taut, superbly directed, masterfully acted film, the first so-called "adult Western," in which the traditional and predictable elements of action, song and minimal romance give way to a swift, ...read the complete High Noon movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Plot: Marshall Will Kane (Gary Cooper) marries Amy (Grace Kelly) and turns in his badge. She is a Quaker, and he has promised her to hang up his gun and become a shopkeeper. But they get word that Frank Miller is coming to town on the noon train. Kane ...read the complete High Noon movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
DVD Talk (Gil Jawetz)
High Noon is an important part of American film history. References to it appear constantly, from Dirty Harry to Ghost Dog, from The Matrix to Shanghai Noon (obviously). The only real criticism I have is over the garish silver/rainbow packaging with ...read the complete High Noon movie review at DVD Talk (Gil Jawetz)
DVD Journal
It's almost become a cliché for self-important film critics and armchair historians to invoke Fred Zinnemann's classic 1952 western High Noon as some kind of morally prescient predictor of contemporary American issues. This review's aim is to cement ...read the complete High Noon movie review at DVD Journal
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
...plays on the psychology of its characters and situations; an oater with insight and introspection...thought over action. ...read the complete High Noon movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
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Dragan Antulov
When people today talk about HIGH NOON, they usually mention it as a first, or at least, best known example of "real time" plot technique. The events depicted in HIGH NOON are set in a time span that corresponds with the running time of the film. Such ...read the complete High Noon movie review at Dragan Antulov
MovieJustice (Dan DeVore)
Just one more thing I would like to point out is High Noon is generally accepted as the first of the "adult westerns" but I cannot see that when we have movies such as The Gunfighter, My Darling Clementine, Red River, and Duel in the Sun, all of which ...read the complete High Noon movie review at MovieJustice (Dan DeVore)
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