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The Five Pennies was released in 1959 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 38 reviews, giving The Five Pennies (1959) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 91%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Five Pennies a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 77%, The Five Pennies is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1959, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1959 with similar scores include films like Sleeping Beauty, Black Orpheus and Paprika.
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