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By James M (2,946) on 03 May 2007

Orson Welles did it again with a superb film that comes only second to his Citizen Kane…

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By Johnny W (215) on 24 Apr 2007

One of Orson Welles's finest moments IMHO…

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By Jade E (37) on 22 Mar 2007

Well crafted film and brilliant narration (and directing) from Orson Welles. Well worth watching, and Joseph Cotton is gorgeous…

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By Zaar D (232) on 16 Mar 2007

A True old-style classic. Check it out if you like Golden age epics…

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By Garry J (93) on 07 Mar 2007

I knew that something wasn't quite right with this film…

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By Jayden C (318) on 13 Feb 2007

I could watch this film over and over. It's so beautifully filmed. The photography is astounding. Again. OW…

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By Victoria G (180) on 03 Oct 2006

Although it was taken out of Orson Welles' hands and more than an hour chopped off and then some of the scenes reshot, it is just as remarkable…

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By Luke S (894) on 13 Aug 2006

A classic wells story of the rise and fall of powerful family.The Ambersons are old money that has to deal with a changing world and the rise…

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By Thomas M. Pryor (6) for New York Times (5,786) on 07 Aug 2006

All in all, The Magnificent Ambersons is an exceptionally well-made film, dealing with a subject scarcely worth the attention which has been…

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By Geoff Andrew (550) for Time Out (7,510) on 09 Feb 2006

Hacked about by a confused RKO, Welles' second film (from the novel by Booth Tarkington) still looks a masterpiece…

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By Mara L (19) on 04 Feb 2006

RKO messed this one up. Orson Welles' vision for this movie was nothing but brilliant…

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By Ryan D (1,234) on 09 Jul 2005

[font=Arial][font=Verdana][color=white]A beautifully realized and truly poignant adaptation of Booth Tarkington's novel, concerning the gradual…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 31 May 2005

Told in a magnificently opulent cinematic style…

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By Douglas Pratt (121) for DVDLaser (97) on 13 Oct 2004

Orson Welles' heavily chopped up drama, it is still a nostalgic, dramatically powerful tale and should ultimately be savored for what it is…

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By Nick M (1,532) on 25 Aug 2004

Well, I'm typing this in between packing sessions. I just wanted to say goodbye before I go off to college…

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for New York Observer (1,400) on 26 Feb 2004

I must say that I much prefer it to Citizen Kane (1941). So sue me…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 21 Oct 2002

Ambersons - even in its mutilated form - has a resonance most movies can only dream of…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 24 Mar 2001

Little more than a primitive form of soap opera…

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By Tim Dirks (207) for Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films (207) on 01 Jan 2000

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) is the legendary Orson Welles' second film - another audacious masterpiece…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 10 Jul 1997

For the most part, this is a very close adaptation of Booth Tarkington's underrated novel about the relentless decline of a wealthy midwestern…

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