Critic Reviews

Northwest Passage (1940) Rank 3 Reviews

Expert Review Summary

Movie critics combined give Northwest Passage (1940) a score of 2.9650 out of 4

based on (10) reviews

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Excellent

(4)

Very Good

(4)

Good

(1)

Fair

(0)

Poor

(1)

Reviews by Score:

Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics

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Movie Mirror

In 1759 Hunk Marriner (Walter Brennan) is in the stocks for disloyal speech and is visited by artist Langdon Towne (Robert Young). Humphrey Towne (Robert Barrat) accepts his son's dismissal from Harvard. Langdon kisses Elizabeth Browne (Ruth Hussey), but ...read the complete Northwest Passage movie review at Movie Mirror

Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

The reason Northwest Passage, which is set during the French and Indian War, doesn't have anything to do with finding a northwest passage is revealed in the theatrical trailer that appears at the end of the disc. Therein, the credits exclaim that the ...read the complete Northwest Passage movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

King Vidor's 1940 adaptation of Kenneth Roberts's book about Rogers' Rangers opening up a trade route and triumphing over fatigue, hunger, rage, insubordination, weakness, and even cannibalism as they slaughter Indians. (The grim violence and outright ...read the complete Northwest Passage movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)