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By Steve Crum (868) for Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers (80) on 20 Jul 2006

Fun DeMille full of spectacle and flashy stars...and a great train wreck…

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By Lori S (188) on 07 Jun 2006

Boring, and ummm, betty hutton really shouldn't sing…

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By Shahar C (35) on 10 Mar 2006

Worst movie to win best picture... well until crash came along…

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By Aria C (16) on 08 Mar 2006

BIG name cast, headed up by the genuis, Betty Hutton…

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By Joel A (1,152) on 28 Feb 2006

Great director yes, great film no…

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By Rebecca C (379) on 07 Feb 2006

This my all time favourite movie, I'm not sure why…

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By Anthony S (1,574) on 31 Mar 2005

I absolutely can't believe that this movie won best picture…

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By David Cornelius (645) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 04 Mar 2005

Clumsy, innocent, awkward, to be sure, but it's never skimpy on the fun…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for PopMatters (2,617) on 19 Nov 2004

The Academy Award for Best Picture has been bestowed on any number of unworthy candidates over the years, but you'd be hard-pressed to find…

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By Kate Cameron (41) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 22 Apr 2004

Sprawling across a mammoth canvas, crammed with the real-life acts and thrills, as well as the vast backstage minutiae, that make the circus…

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By Bosley Crowther (448) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 May 2003

Two American institutions have combined to put out a piece of entertainment that will delight movie audiences for years…

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By Michael Szymanski (206) for Zap2it.com (379) on 24 Oct 2002

Heston is a bit huffy and bombastic, the train crash is amazing (for its time), but it's just like the circus -- too much to see and not enough…

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By Jonathan R. Perry (254) for Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (351) on 03 Aug 2002

Bloated, hopelessly creaky spectacle that's as boring now as it was irrelevant in 1952…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 23 Jul 2002

As has come to be expected from DeMille, the story line is not what could be termed subtle…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 08 May 2001

There's not much juice to the movie's central romantic triangle between money-minded boss Charlton Heston and his two star attractions, dueling…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 09 Nov 1964

The story, which retains an element of corny appeal, is hamstrung by a too-long running length that tries the viewer’s patience…

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By Philip French (1,151) for The Observer (UK) (826) on 14 Jun 1955

Cecil B. De Mille in anachronistic decline, though a few critics insist it’s his most personal film…

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