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By Anne F (623) on 09 Sep 2011

Brilliantly acted and beautifully sung, Preminger 's Carmen Jones is easily a top-5 musical of all-time and one of the best interpretations…

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By Scott K (649) on 14 Jun 2011

I guess you could call it a bit racist in its portrayal of African Americans but I really enjoyed the musical numbers, and this overall was…

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By Evan H (764) on 19 Jan 2011

This movie was pretty good, with a good musical score…

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By Casa D (20) on 08 Jan 2011

Sad that a man can go that crazy over a female...smh…

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By Miriam G (81) on 27 Dec 2010

This movie truly has it all. A race movie that transcends race, and reminds that all people hurt the same way and laugh the same way…

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By Sylvester E (218) on 13 Oct 2010

I remember watching this one as a kid and going...Who is that lovely woman singing those songs…

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By Nick K (690) on 29 Sep 2010

It was OK, but it has a few faults and a below average plot which makes it a bit lackluster…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 13 Jul 2010

Dorothy Dandridge became the very first black woman to receive Best Actress Oscar nomination for Otto Preimger's audacious (for the early 1950s)…

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By David H (2,838) on 04 Jul 2010

I loves me some Carmen Jones! I loves me some Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge and Georges Bizet's classic melodies. How do you go wrong…

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By Andy C (1,868) on 04 Jun 2010

Great leads, good story, but I was really annoyed by the lyrics. De 9 o' de spades be bad luck, sho' 'nuf…

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By Kandy T (1) on 05 Apr 2010

Inventive update of the Bizet opera, but some of the subtleties get lost in translation, which exposes a few plot holes. Dandridge was never better…

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By Samantha S (1,257) on 30 Mar 2010

Superb musical with outstanding cast - but why didn't they let Dorothy Dandridge do her own singing…

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By Adam R (2,773) on 10 Feb 2010

Dandridge is hot; underrated musical adaptation. I'd like to see them do this with more operas - although keep the score at difficult notes…

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By James H (4,675) on 06 Jan 2010

Just horrible...really has no plot, and the fact that the main character is so unlikeable makes it hard to watch...it is predictable, and overall…

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By Wes L (156) on 13 Nov 2009

DOROTHY DANDRIDGE For role in 'Carmen Jones', Dorothy Dandridge was the first black actress to be nominated for Best Actress academy award…

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By Wendy J (150) on 24 Oct 2009

I watched the whole thing through, trying to decide if I was more offended by the racist dialogue and song lyrics, or amazed by the talent…

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By Ashley H (2,345) on 24 Oct 2009

Okay, I have to admit that I kind of lost track of the plot in places…

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By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 30 Sep 2009

A film in which talented, attractive people sing ugly lyrics to beautiful music in other people's beautiful voices amid ugly shot framing and…

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By Nate W (531) on 27 Aug 2009

It was with her terrific turn as a spicy seductress in Carmen Jones that Dorothy Dandridge went from screen star to screen legend…

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By Monica F (130) on 20 Jul 2009

Maybe Hammerstein's lone cinematic success (and most of the credit really goes to Preminger)…

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