A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
The Cardinal has generally received positive reviews.
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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Oct 2007
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The Cardinal was released in 1963 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 25 reviews, giving The Cardinal (1963) an average rating of 66%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 73%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 63%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Cardinal than critics were.
With a score of 66%, The Cardinal is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1963, which stands at 61%.
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