Review of Cavalcade (1933) by Lucas G — 28 Nov 2013

My Favorite Film Is 1941's Citizen Kane.

This review of Cavalcade (1933) was written by Lucas G on 28 Nov 2013.

Cavalcade has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Crosby Day (24) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 20 Jul 2002

Cavalcade's anti-war message is presented with more subtlety than that in Wings and All Quiet on the Western Front…

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By Joe L (766) on 20 Apr 2009

The academy really seems to love sweeping stories, spanning large swaths of time, with big, capital m 'messages' about the long journey of…

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By Matthew C (1,721) on 13 Jun 2012

This is a difficult movie to give a certain number of stars too, simply because it ranges all over…

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By Kirk E (163) on 18 Feb 2011

Stagey, melodramatic and antiquated. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a much better film that covers the same period…

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By Mordaunt Hall (64) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 May 2003

It is unfurled with such marked good taste and restraint that many an eye will be misty after witnessing this production…

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By Mark G (832) on 16 Mar 2015

It's like Boyhood in that it tries to show the development of characters and the world around them over a long stretch of time, but unlike…

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By Michael M (3,845) on 05 Jun 2007

I love the idea behind this film, but I wasn't pulled into the family's story enough to truly invest in what was happening to them…

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By Greg W (4,011) on 02 Feb 2014

Good pre-code talkie and the only oscar winner for the Fox studios (pre-20th century fox days)…

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By Calvin C (583) on 18 Feb 2011

This could basically be retitled The Twentieth Century Sucks ASS…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 25 Mar 2003

A creaky tearjerker filled with shrill messages about patriotism and anti-war feelings…

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