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By Marita L (14) on 05 Apr 2010

Enjoyable psychological drama with Mason's increasing madness a highlight for the actor, however the direction never gets beyond the boudaries…

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By Kevin U (25) on 04 Apr 2010

Just gets better with age. God was wrong, indeed…

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By Sam P (447) on 04 Apr 2010

Just gets better with age. God was wrong, indeed…

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By Ken T (997) on 03 Apr 2010

One of the best films of the 50s. Nicholas Ray is perhaps THE Hollywood director of the 1950s…

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By Marc M (216) on 25 Mar 2010

Bigger than Life recently benefitted from the criterion treatment on Blu Ray and the results are amazing…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seanax.com (387) on 22 Mar 2010

The film is a tricky mix of glossy Technicolor realism and elevated expressionism that feels both marvelously classic and aggressively modern…

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By Paul J (1,190) on 23 Jan 2010

Nicholas Ray's films are familiar yet strangely unusual at the same time…

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By Sean N (499) on 11 Jan 2010

Ahead of it's time semi melodrama in great looking technicolor…

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By Gerald Peary (163) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 16 Sep 2009

Ed's vision is demented and distorted, and yet, Ray insinuates, doesn't his protagonist, in an odd way, see through the smug mediocrity that…

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By Leo Goldsmith (118) for Reverse Shot (113) on 07 Aug 2009

Always a shrewd melodramatist, with a particular eye for the domestic space, Ray builds this sense of conflict into the Avery home itself,…

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By Eric R (1,431) on 11 Jul 2009

A well-shot, subversive and entertaining film…

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By Ed Q (179) on 05 Jul 2009

On the surface Bigger Than Life is a supremely entertaining melodrama, but being a Nicholas Ray film there's also a good dose of subversive…

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By Bill T (1,098) on 01 Jul 2009

Nothing to do with Biggy Smalls, this movie is occasionally-grating cheese with a shrieky performance from Christopher Olsen…

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By Gregory S (340) on 06 Jun 2009

Nick Ray was one crazy son of a bitch, review soon…

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By Yertle T (26) on 29 May 2009

The French went crazy over this at the time, just as they had of anything made by Nick Ray, but really, it's kind of an embarrassment…

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By K R (112) on 12 May 2009

Nicholas Ray is the fucking man, James Mason is the fucking man, Walter Matthau is solid, the colors are fantastic, Barbara Rush is perfect,…

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By Hans L (60) on 12 Apr 2009

Though its original release was underwhelming reflected in a poor box office and critical reception it's worthy of recapitulation in our post…

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By Adam R (2,773) on 11 Apr 2009

A towering performance from James Mason and an incisive script make this potentially cringe-inducing melodrama into a spectacular analysis…

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By Kat R (75) on 04 Mar 2009

As I understand it, this film was dismissed upon its initial release and subsequently became difficult to see…

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By Jason R (1,823) on 04 Mar 2009

As I understand it, this film was dismissed upon its initial release and subsequently became difficult to see…

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