Review of The Manchurian Candidate (1962) by Bosley Crowther for The New York Times — 25 Mar 2000
The film is so artfully contrived, the plot so interestingly started, the dialogue so racy and sharp, and John Frankenheimer's direction so exciting in the style of Orson Welles when he was making Citizen Kane and other pictures that the fascination of it is strong.
So many fine cinematic touches and action details pop up that one keeps wishing the subject would develop into something more than it does.
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This review of The Manchurian Candidate (1962) was written by Bosley Crowther and published by The New York Times on 25 Mar 2000.
The Manchurian Candidate has generally received very positive reviews.
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