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By Colton D (180) on 02 Nov 2008

A great, deservedly classic film with several fantastic scenes. I appreciated it even more the second time…

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By Jim M (710) on 25 Oct 2008

Brando gets all the hype and he is great, but Rod Steiger is amazing in this…

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By Mike S (2,123) on 25 Oct 2008

A classic film! Who knew Karl Malden was such a good actor? Wow. Brando is great as a man torn by his morals to do the right thing…

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By Anthony B (897) on 25 Oct 2008

Great acting. Shot quite well. doesn't stand out as an amazing film though. is there. deserves to be there. just doesn't do anything in particular…

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By Roman P (67) on 25 Oct 2008

A tour de force performance by Brando, showing weakness, strength, justice, frustration, and fear…

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By Reece H (106) on 21 Oct 2008

The grimy,seedy world of the bent Unions and docks were never more eloquent than this.Brando gives one of the greatest screen performances…

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By Matt (292) on 16 Oct 2008

Brando is amazing as Terry Malloy, an ex-boxer who has the heart but not the nerve to stand up against corruption in the union…

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By Variety Staff (1,156) for Variety (12,700) on 30 Jan 2008

Under Elia Kazan's direction, Marlon Brando puts on a spectacular show, giving a fascinating, multi-faceted performance as the uneducated dock…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Jul 2006

The film is shot on location in black-and-white, semi-docu style, which suits the realistic subject and commonplace characters, particularly…

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By Martb. (2) on 17 Jun 2006

They don't make 'em like this anymore…

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By Kate Cameron (41) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 09 Apr 2006

Outstanding performances are turned in by Karl Malden in the role of a priest who makes the waterfront characters his particular charge, by…

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By Mike Barkacs (2) for Bullz-Eye.com (1,091) on 04 Jul 2005

This movie has to be considered one of the very best of all time…

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By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for LYTRules.com (112) on 26 Jun 2005

Do the politics make it bad? Not at all. It's a fictional story, not a soapbox…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 11 Mar 2005

The difference between pre- and post-1950s cinema - before and after Brando - is as pronounced as moving from black and white to color…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 03 Mar 2005

You miss this, you're buyin' a one-way ticket to Palookaville…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Dec 2004

As unspoiled in its key elements as the day it was made, On the Waterfront is indisputably one of the great American films, its power undiminished…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 17 Dec 2004

The chance to watch a four-star classic the way it was meant to be seen -- fresh print, big screen -- is so rare as to be worth the trip…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 04 Nov 2004

Brando made one of his most indelible impressions in this relentlessly dramatic, ever-controversial tale of loyalty and betrayal in the world…

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By J. Hoberman (756) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Nov 2004

Like many cult films, it is also less than the sum of its parts…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Oct 2004

It's hard to deny that Marlon Brando's performance as a dock worker and ex-fighter who finally decides to rat on his gangster brother (Rod…

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