The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
The Magnificent Ambersons has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 21 Oct 2002
Review of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
By Kevin Thomas (1,201) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 29 Aug 2012
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Review of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
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The Magnificent Ambersons was released in 1942 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 248 reviews, giving The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) an average rating of 82%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 81%.
With a score of 82%, The Magnificent Ambersons is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1942, which stands at 61%.
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