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Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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All Time

of 190,142

21

1950's

of 8,943

4

1957

of 2,664

2
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,999
  
  11
  
  Drama of 1957
  
  of 219
  
  2
  
  Drama of the 1950's
  
  of 1,913
  
  2

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Sweet Smell of Success (1957) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.8324

Avg Critic Score:3.7841

Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Movie Reviews

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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

A must see! ...read the complete Sweet Smell of Success movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Ealing's Scottish director Alexander MacKendrick ("Man in the White Suit-1951"/"The Ladykillers-1955"), noted for his comedy films, makes his first American film a lyrical acerbic film noir that is primarily a bitter character study of two despicable men ...read the complete Sweet Smell of Success movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Astonishingly good look at a thinly-veiled Walter Winchell, the New York gossip columnist who reigned with terror as one of the most influential writers of his time. Burt Lancaster burns up the screen as J.J. ...read the complete Sweet Smell of Success movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The two men in "The Sweet Smell of Success" relate to each other like junkyard dogs. One is dominant, and the other is a whipped cur, circling hungrily, his tail between his legs, hoping for a scrap after the big dog has dined. The dynamic between a...read the complete Sweet Smell of Success (1957) review at Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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BBCi - Films

Mackendrick's deliciously dark take on the malicious underbelly of Broadway PR, and the grubby columns which fuel the human need for gossip, remains one of the sharpest and corrosively perceptive films to emerge from Hollywood. The film revolves...read the complete Sweet Smell of Success (1957) review at BBCi - Films

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