Review of The Quiet Man (1952) by Alana N — 12 Jan 2008

I love this movie (largely because of its gorgeous setting).

This review of The Quiet Man (1952) was written by Alana N on 12 Jan 2008.

The Quiet Man has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

The Quiet Man (1952) Movie Reviews (565)
The Quiet Man (1952) Critic Reviews (22)
The Quiet Man (1952) User Reviews (543)

More Reviews of The Quiet Man

Review of The Quiet Man (1952)

By Norm D (218) on 18 Mar 2017

The Quiet Man is a family tradition every St. Patrick's day, and the film is indeed disarmingly charming in both its wry humor and sentimentality…

Read Review

Review of The Quiet Man (1952)

By Daniel K (1,478) on 19 May 2013

5: Films like this and How Green Was My Valley deserve much longer and more in-depth reviews, but there are times when one doesn't feel like…

Read Review

Review of The Quiet Man (1952)

By Timothy S (725) on 14 Nov 2013

Absolutely delightful. Loaded with sharp, witty dialogue and gorgeous Technicolor cinematography, The Quiet Man is such a treat…

Read Review

Review of The Quiet Man (1952)

By Byron B (1,084) on 19 Mar 2013

What starts as a warm-hearted family picture, ends in such a comedic and entertaining Irish brawl…

Read Review

Review of The Quiet Man (1952)

By Dan N (275) on 18 Nov 2014

I watch this at least once a year around the Holiday to get me in the right mood…

Read Review

Review of The Quiet Man (1952)

By Pauline O (3) on 09 Jun 2013

Lost count of the times I have seen this film love it…

Read Review

Review of The Quiet Man (1952)

By Les E (496) on 20 Jan 2014

A real joy to watch. The Irish characters are rather stereotyped but in a way that would offend no-one…

Read Review

Review of The Quiet Man (1952)

By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 05 Dec 2016

John Ford’s bluff and sentimental comedy, from 1952, set in the Irish countryside, is as much an anthropological adventure as a romantic rhapsody…

Read Review

Review of The Quiet Man (1952)

By Connor R (142) on 07 Mar 2014

Totally uninteresting and awfully dated, The Quiet Man has beautiful Technicolor cinematography and that's about all there is to it…

Read Review

Review of The Quiet Man (1952)

By Ross Mcindoe (32) for The Skinny (809) on 13 Jan 2016

Highly endearing even as it shows its age... filled with gorgeous shots and without a single wasted frame…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Linha de Passe (2008)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 18 Sep 2008

When a film strives this hard to be non-controversial and fashionably non-judgmental, it takes a lot of the sting out of its social comment…

Read Review

Review of Ali (2001)

By Eric T (877) on 31 Jul 2010

All that I learned from this movie is that Ali didnt stop running his mouth and he had sex with many women. What a saint…

Read Review

Review of Alfie (2004)

By Tony Medley (1,109) for tonymedley.com (461) on 04 Nov 2004

Law is unconvincing as a roué, the script is juvenile and the directing is bereft of inspiration…

Read Review

Review of Dikkenek (2006)

By Kévin L (2,013) on 16 Apr 2011

Tellement mauvais que j'arrive pas Ã trouver les mots. J'ai d'habitude du mal Ã critiquer mais lÃ …

Read Review

Review of Top Secret! (1984)

By Jay S (659) on 16 Sep 2015

Man, this spoof spy film had some awesome set ups and some incredible gags, and a lot of unique stuff that was so absolutely hilarious that…

Read Review

Review of Dick Tracy (1990)

By Alexander W (346) on 13 Jul 2014

Bad makeup, and too much of a directly from the funnies vibe…

Read Review

Review of O'Horten (2007)

By Calyre Z (125) on 02 Apr 2011

Continued a bit my Norwegian Weekend. Odd little film again. I think one can with conviction note that Norwegian films are...odd…

Read Review

Review of Orgazmo (1998)

By Joelc. (9) on 15 Jul 2007

I loved Team America, and I like South Park. Baseketball is also decent. But this didn't make me laugh at all…

Read Review

Review of Tyson (2008)

By Jak-Luke S (130) on 23 Jul 2017

Tyson had potential to be a rather good TV Movie and while Jai White looks spitting image of the titular character the film itself is plagued…

Read Review

Review of Who Am I? (1998)

By Fernando C (431) on 17 Mar 2012

I love Jackie Chan. I do NOT love this movie. The dialog was wooden at best and the actors were stoic. Maybe it was the director's fault…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Quiet Man

1952

77%565 Reviews

Bronson

2009

71%692 Reviews

Milk

2008

78%899 Reviews

Pretty Baby

1978

62%91 Reviews

Sex and the City

2008

62%759 Reviews

Warm Bodies

2013

67%961 Reviews

The Motorcycle Diaries

2004

78%699 Reviews

12 Rounds

2009

49%584 Reviews

J. Edgar

2011

59%947 Reviews

You Only Live Twice

1967

66%677 Reviews