Manchurian, with its fatalistic, dreamlike quality, comprises two of [Frankenheimer's] finest hours. [Re-release]Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Sheila Benson
The Manchurian Candidate proves that its fascination is intact. [12 Jan 1998, p.C1; Re-Release]Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
A hugely entertaining thriller shot through with dark shards of agony and paranoia. It takes nothing away from the original while delivering pleasures all its own.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Here is a movie that was made more than 25 years ago, and it feels as if it were made yesterday. Not a moment of The Manchurian Candidate lacks edge and tension and a cynical spin. [Re-release]Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
The strength of sensational material joined to excellent acting, superior filmmaking and uncanny political relevance has made The Manchurian Candidate into exceptionally intelligent entertainment and a high point of director Jonathan Demme's career.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: David Everitt
This gonzo satiric thriller is a riveting portrait of early-60's paranoia. [15 Nov 1996, p.82]Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
A stylish hoot: entertainingly edgy and ludicrous all at once.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Hal Hinson
An exceedingly loopy satire of the entire American political circus, and could be viewed as offensive to the sensitive-souled in either camp. And time hasn't in the least softened its bite. [Re-release]Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
The performances are daring and assured, especially Lansbury's holy terror of Momism and Harvey's snide, pathetic pawn, brainwashed by both KGB AND CIA. [21 March 1988, p.84]Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
A political thriller that manages to be at once silly and clever, buoyantly satirical and sneakily disturbing, but he (Demme) has recovered some of the lightness and sureness of touch that had faded from his movies after "The Silence of the Lambs."Read Full Review »
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