Magnificent Ambersons, The

USA 1942, 84 minutes, B/W
Dir. Orson Welles
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Classics, Drama

Topics: Period - 1900s.

Feat. Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Dolores Costello

Aroview: Following up CITIZEN KANE, Orson Welles again drew a bead on the American rich, chronicling the dynastic squabbles of a turn-of-the-century Mid-Western family. While Welles was forced to shorten the film drastically, it remains one of his more subtle masterpieces.

NZ International Film Festival 1998
Adopt-a-Movie - Catalogue Addition Kindly adopted by Mark Davis

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5 stars (Exceptional) Mostly very good. Great cinematography and would have been masterpiece had the studio not cut the film by 40 min and let Welles finish it. The ending is not whar Welles envisaged, and kind of a let down ~emjay
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3 stars (Good Enough) It never betters the opening scenes but the writing is pretty good throughout and the camera work is always interesting. ~Tubbs