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The Americanization of Emily
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The Americanization of Emily

1964
Comedy, Drama
1h 55m
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Rated 12 May 2007
84
77th
A very good movie that really rides on a great performance by James Garner. The only problem is that while the movie's cynicism is present throughout it still seems to want to be a conventional hero movie. It doesn't detract to much in general, but it does make you wonder how good it could have been if they'd gone all out. The ending leaves you satisfied that the movie doesn't give up on its message, and yet something still doesn't feel right about it.
Rated 02 Mar 2018
6
40th
A war movie preaching cowardice; at least it's something else, and has polished dialogues. At its worse it's incredibly lame, far lamer than the brave-patriotic ones.
Rated 18 Jul 2018
75
77th
Garner's great, and so is Chayefsky's dialogue (and, in particular, the monologues). It is, however, a film where one admires the many fine parts (the aforementioned performance and writing as well as Coburn's effortless badassdom) more than the whole.
Rated 12 May 2020
75
83rd
Hilarious unexpected outcomes with a good premise of a coward profiteer in war. Shame it took until the '60s for a critical view on WW2II without being depressing. The romance wasn't as interesting as the cover might suggest. Fav scene: talking with Emily and her mother about his cowardice in a religious context and about his ex-wife.
Rated 19 Dec 2006
91
95th
The Chayefsky dialogue sparkles, with some terrific one-liners and rants almost as good as those in Network. A very funny movie with an enlightened moral standpoint. The cast is uniformly excellent. The musical score is perhaps a little too far on the schmaltzy side, though.
Rated 27 Aug 2008
92
94th
Fantastic chemistry between Andrews and Garner, and Coburn's merry menace is as entertaining as always. The dialogue is outstanding. It isn't as spectacular (or as frequently personal) as Network, but it certainly left my jaw on the floor a few times. There are some scenes later in the film in which Andrews is quoting Garner to Garner, and it seemed like that hideous sort of audience reminder that assumes we've not paid attention, otherwise it's a near perfect film.
Rated 05 Aug 2009
5
80th
This script is a bit too clever at times for its own good.
Rated 22 Jan 2011
25
61st
"Though a bit overstuffed with long-winded speeches, Chayefsky's scabrously funny script brims with snappy, crackling dialogue." - Nick Schager
Rated 28 Apr 2012
90
83rd
Wonderful black comedy/satire in the guise of a drama gives Garner and Andrews some of their best moments on screen, and also takes advantage of their surprising sizzling chemistry. Chayefsky's witty screenplay is full of perplexing Catch-22s, and also gives Coburn and Douglas some wonderful moments in support. Inky black & white cinematography only underlines the darkly cynical implications of the story, which leads to a perfect ending which happily doesn't cop out to what has come before.
Rated 23 Jun 2012
85
80th
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Rated 01 Jul 2013
84
81st
The deranged admiral against whom insubordination is a crime. The severe anti-hero. Life magazines dead man cover. That job during that war. Those concepts will stay with you. You won't see an Omaha beach sequence under that light no where, no sir.
Rated 23 Mar 2014
87
91st
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Rated 27 Jul 2014
70
50th
This movie is the similar to The Music Man... EXCEPT that Julie Andrews is wrong at the end, where Shirley Jones was right.
Rated 24 Oct 2015
100
0th
"This is actual film history, not bullshit theories about Camp by schoolteachers." http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2015/04/episode-54-paddy-chayefskys-dilemma.html
Rated 16 May 2016
93
98th
Paddy Chayefsky #1 (possibly thanks to the WBH novel). What a brilliant indictment of the glorification of war.
Rated 15 Feb 2023
88
36th
This is a strange movie, but I did stick with it. I didn't buy the romance, but I enjoyed some of the content, dialogue and acting (especially by James Coburn and Melvyn Douglas).
Rated 05 Dec 2023
80
68th
This is an odd little gem that positions itself as a romantic comedy, but ends up being more effective as a vehicle for screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky's antiwar sentiments. Garner and Andrews make a really charming couple, and both are top form here, but their romance is never examined in much more depth than resolving American vs. British stereotypes.

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