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By Eric Henderson (366) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 23 Jan 2009

What people don't quite give Sirk credit for nowadays in their rush to justify his intellectual credentials is the fact that if he didn't necessarily…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Parallax View (176) on 20 Jan 2009

[Sirk's] unreal exaggerations offer a beautiful world of beautiful people and tortured emotions and grand sacrifice to the altar of love…

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By Albert P (56) on 13 Jan 2009

Favorite Love Story. Theam is my favorite music ever written. Chopan Itude in E Major…

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By Irvin C (321) on 01 Jan 2009

A rather magnificent film to kick off the new year…

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By Morris N (358) on 19 Nov 2008

Hudson ages REALLY well although the age gap bothers me a bit. Typical high-class soap opera…

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By Michael L (2,383) on 27 Oct 2008

I think in order to appreciate this film, you need to appreciated 1950s melodrama…

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By Jess L (793) on 18 Oct 2008

The story is absurd and no man in the real world could compare to Bob Merrick who returns to his medical studies to become a surgeon so that…

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By Gregory W (1,059) on 13 Aug 2008

Great All Time LOVE STORY, nothing like the old movies and the old actors…

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By Amelia L (105) on 27 Jun 2008

I like this film for showing the only thing worth while in life is serving others…

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By Mardi T (8) on 18 Apr 2008

A beautiful and touching film that cannot fail to soften your heart. An adaptation of Llyod C…

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By Andreas C (104) on 08 Apr 2008

This was my Grandfather's favourite movie and in his honour, I watch it once a year…

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By David T (1,513) on 23 Feb 2008

Lush technicolor, beautiful ighting and framing, preposterous story and nerve grating score complete with celestial choir. My least favoute Sirk…

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By Deering R (131) on 07 Feb 2008

Sci-fi disguised as sirk melodrama, but missing a lot of the crazy visuals, just the crazy rock hudson…

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By Robin P (467) on 04 Feb 2008

Love this Movie! So bittersweet! Good classic with Rock Hudson…

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By Private U (13,627) on 16 Jan 2008

If only jesus was as handsome as rock hudson…

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By Jim B (632) on 25 Oct 2007

Love rock...this wasnt really that good....it was too simple…

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By Andrea B (333) on 23 Sep 2007

I remember liking this alot and feeling sorry for Rock Hudson even though he was to blame…

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By Howard Thompson (56) for New York Times (5,786) on 07 Aug 2006

Primary credit for mooring the picture to an earthly and earthy plane belongs to the two stars…

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By Film4 Staff (125) for Film4 (1,522) on 23 May 2003

One of Hollywood's great melodramas, Magnificent Obsession is not in any way spoilt by its nonsensical plot…

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