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Rosemary's Baby (1968) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Rosemary's Baby (1968) a score of 3.0024 out of 4

based on (38) reviews

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Excellent

(8)

Very Good

(25)

Good

(5)

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby" is a brooding, macabre film, filled with the sense of unthinkable danger. Strangely enough it also has an eerie sense of humor almost until the end. It ...read the complete Rosemary's Baby movie review at Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

ARROW IN THE HEAD Reviews Rosemary's Baby

I can't think of one fault to attribute to this film. All the bases are covered. ...read the complete Rosemary's Baby movie review at ARROW IN THE HEAD Reviews Rosemary's Baby

The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

Coming about the time when Time Magazine printed its famous 'Is God Dead?' cover in April 1966, this witty and highly enjoyable adaptation of Ira Levin's novel was an opportune success that spawned the whole occult cycle of the 1970s. ...read the complete Rosemary's Baby movie review at The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

MovieJustice (Dan DeVore)

I can't praise Rosemary's Baby enough. Polanski you are a genius. Thank God no one else adapted the original novel into a film, it would have gone wrong. I had heard that this was a horror film and that was all. About a half hour into it I completely ...read the complete Rosemary's Baby movie review at MovieJustice (Dan DeVore)

Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)

Rosemary's Baby is paced leisurely and weaves an eerie spell that culminates in a chilling and horrific revelation. ...read the complete Rosemary's Baby movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)

Chris Jarmick

Few will appreciate how almost perfect the paranoia is presented with just one viewing of the film. And because the material is presented with such subtlety, many will never be able to savor what is being done here. ...read the complete Rosemary's Baby movie review at Chris Jarmick

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Hopelessly trapped in its late-'60s look, Rosemary's Baby is nonetheless a watershed movie in the horror genre. It takes an eternity to get moving, sure, but once this story of Mia Farrow's possessed belly gets moving, watch out, for there's no stopping ...read the complete Rosemary's Baby movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby is a masterpiece of paranoid tension about evil lurking in the mundane. It has been called "the horror film without any horror," and much is made of the fact that it doesn't use special effects. This is something of a ...read the complete Rosemary's Baby movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

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