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Pandora's Box (1929) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Pandora's Box (1929) a score of 3.2204 out of 4

based on (27) reviews

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Movie Reviews UK

Stalking the themes of love, lust, betrayal, envy and murder, Pandora's Box glides stealthily through human relationship's reefs and shallows. Lulu (Louise Brooks) is the mesmerisingly flirtatious mistress of Dr. Peter Schoen (Fritz Kortner), a wealthy ...read the complete Pandora's Box movie review at Movie Reviews UK

Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)

"Pandora's Box" is a German silent film that Paris Hilton could relate to. She wouldn't like the way it ends, though. ...read the complete Pandora's Box movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)

New York Times (A.O. Scott)

Neither an exposé of social conditions nor a psychological case study and certainly not a moral parable G. W. Pabst's Pandora's Box is a tour de force of cinematic eroticism. ...read the complete Pandora's Box movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)

Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)

2006 is the centennial of actress Louise Brooks, and to honor it, her greatest film, Pandora's Box , is being released in a new 35-mm print in New York's Film Forum before being taken around the country. ...read the complete Pandora's Box movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)

Empire Magazine (David Parkinson)

Bold for its time, this restored, uncut version is a touch slow at some points, but its star glows throughout. ...read the complete Pandora's Box movie review at Empire Magazine (David Parkinson)

Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)

The movie remains one of the most insightful depictions of the elemental incongruity between man's nature and woman's. ...read the complete Pandora's Box movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)

Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)

This is a stirring vision of the world gripped by a sinister moral vice--a nosedive into a carnal abyss of despair lined with visionary chiaroscuro sights and thorny mythological references. ...read the complete Pandora's Box movie review at Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)

Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

Pabst was a psychologically astute filmmaker, but it's the shockingly sensual, charismatic Brooks that makes the picture. ...read the complete Pandora's Box movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)

If you've never seen Brooks -- or Pandora's Box -- you've missed one of the most extraordinary personalities and films of the silent movie era. ...read the complete Pandora's Box movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)

Cinematic Reflections (Derek Smith)

One of the great films about the mysterious allure of the female form and the destructive power of the male gaze that's inflicted upon it. ...read the complete Pandora's Box movie review at Cinematic Reflections (Derek Smith)

Raging Bull Movie Reviews (Mike Lorefice)

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