The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

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The young, handsome, but somewhat wild Eugene Morgan wants to marry Isabel Amberson, daughter of a rich upper-class family... (imdb)

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Genre: Drama

Country: USA

Directed By: Orson Welles

Written By: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Booth Tarkington, Jack Moss

Starring: Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Tim Holt, Anne Baxter, Dolores Costello, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Don Dillaway, Richard Bennett

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Date	User	Rating
Jan 16	fenixdown	81 _76%
What's left of it is pretty good!
Jan 05	featherw8	90 _83%
Dec 31, 2019	Bolido	80 _71%
Dec 30, 2019	clouseau	73 _76%
Dec 28, 2019	Nathers7	6 _41%
Dec 18, 2019	meesh	55 _63%
Dec 13, 2019	CineLounge	72 _38%
Dec 11, 2019	jjwoodson	61 _39%
Dec 05, 2019	jal90	60 _29%
Dec 01, 2019	Geslimmar	50 _36%
Nov 22, 2019	JZ17	76 _56%
Nov 22, 2019	Rush	60 _0%
Nov 16, 2019	skinnylegend	63 _63%
Nov 11, 2019	TMDaines	90 _94%
Nov 05, 2019	D_Kaufman	58 _44%
Nov 03, 2019	babil7	90 _81%
Nov 03, 2019	slowdive	67 _42%
Nov 02, 2019	Fergenaprido	76 _63%
Oct 30, 2019	adoongdong	80 _62%
Oct 21, 2019	Guy...	30 _52%
Oct 15, 2019	rafaelbastos	88 _68%
Oct 04, 2019	Florin92	70 _68%
Sep 22, 2019	Blondone86	65 _13%
Sep 13, 2019	mirj	75 _59%
Aug 31, 2019	peyrin	60 _31%
A promising start that seemed like Welles was going to delve deeper into the distinctly American hedonism he explored in Kane gives way to a whole lot of melodrama that hardly feels like it resonates with anything in particular. I love his spoken credits.
Aug 26, 2019	iammattr	80 _56%
Aug 13, 2019	garrett2	84 _91%
Aug 09, 2019	bal3x	70 _71%
Aug 01, 2019	tajacob95	100 _0%
Jul 29, 2019	rackner	75 _43%
Jul 06, 2019	AD101192!	60 _50%
Jul 04, 2019	windmeresfan	100 _96%
Jul 04, 2019	MGShogun	9 _81%
Jun 30, 2019	xombiemonkey	9 _88%
Jun 14, 2019	brickwall	77 _71%
Welles' narration is so good I might actually prefer just an audiobook version of the source material read by him
Jun 13, 2019	Grandaddy	65 _44%
Jun 12, 2019	Nangijala	80 _81%
Jun 07, 2019	JJJensen	93 _92%
Jun 05, 2019	bluestblues	8 _78%
May 28, 2019	njm1211	90 _46%
May 26, 2019	Teproc	54 _32%
May 10, 2019	jakesdemise	85 _58%
May 09, 2019	blucthulhu	80 _79%
May 07, 2019	karamazov.	46 _61%
Kind of unratable.
May 02, 2019	filmcave	45 _5%
Apr 30, 2019	arrow-s	71 _55%
Apr 23, 2019	Maaxwell	90 _91%
Apr 23, 2019	AHALE80	20 _0%
Apr 16, 2019	tophergrace	80 _76%
Apr 15, 2019	mattorama12	63 _44%
It starts off so promising. I was really intrigued with opening narration and the set up, but the story just didn't really keep my attention. Plus George was an exceptionally annoying screen presence. I understand this was edited by the studio and probably accounts for the stiltedness of the story, but it's a little perplexing to me that this is considered one of Welles' masterpieces.
Apr 14, 2019	jdnolla	6 _36%
Apr 07, 2019	TheRuins	70 _88%
Mar 22, 2019	DarrenCB	90 _85%
Mar 09, 2019	napolenbrady	89 _69%
89.00
Mar 03, 2019	NathanBates	80 _74%
This is a beautiful reminiscence of a past era, but, as most viewers know, gets stuck with a choppy ending that really takes away from what could have been a masterpiece.
Mar 03, 2019	Brewster	80 _89%
Feb 25, 2019	exolstice	84 _71%
Feb 25, 2019	Phantom Nook	60 _11%
Feb 22, 2019	sandman248	80 _63%
Feb 21, 2019	MortSahlFan	70 _52%
Feb 18, 2019	nobamba	95 _96%
Can't help but wonder what was cut from this film. Even as-is, this has all the ingredients I enjoy: rich people problems, annoying prideful person gets his comeuppance, period movie, generational family drama. I agree with Orson Welles that the happy ending was stupid. Fav scene: heartbreaking one of mom not getting to see her love at her deathbed.
Feb 16, 2019	dracular	50 _29%
Feb 10, 2019	ShaunLewis54	87 _80%
Feb 07, 2019	punpun	81 _84%
Feb 05, 2019	finchereznor	80 _66%
Jan 31, 2019	LogLadyLand	78 _67%
Jan 19, 2019	ibi8588	90 _88%
Jan 16, 2019	GFoster	32 _3%
Jan 06, 2019	gossamer2019	77 _82%
Jan 04, 2019	ElsaH	86 _68%
Jan 04, 2019	Kabbjeh	80 _88%
Jan 04, 2019	kjones77	80 _70%
Jan 04, 2019	sonya semyon	90 _77%
Dec 31, 2018	clowngirl	76 _70%
Dec 23, 2018	knives	80 _75%
Dec 19, 2018	domv	88 _93%
Dec 19, 2018	nickv	82 _94%
Dec 18, 2018	kurt19151	90 _77%
Dec 15, 2018	Cigo	9 _79%
Dec 09, 2018	Yiannos	80 _90%
The current 'butchered' version of T.M.A has greatness in it, but that tacked on 'happy' ending is totally counterintuitive and out of synch with proceeding events, which plot a clear downward trajectory for the titular family. Nonetheless, it's a finely acted eulogy for a bygone era, a sentiment evoked astonishingly in its opening montage that, combined with the dulcet tones of Welles' narration, communicates a tremendous feeling of nostalgia, sadness and loss.
Dec 04, 2018	Pugs4Less	96 _90%
Dec 02, 2018	dumbjaw	70 _76%
Dec 01, 2018	Dennis Li	3 _61%
Nov 30, 2018	vitruvian	80 _45%
Nov 19, 2018	Roberta	72 _35%
Nov 17, 2018	Dom92	90 _81%
Nov 15, 2018	PUNQ	80 _99%
Really stiff. Oozing of high pride and unconventional emotional response by Hollywood standards. Framed claustrophobically in dazzling elegance only matched by that of Josef von Sternberg, as if the presentation is more important than the personalities in it, also very unlike Hollywood. Orson Welles delivers a very self-centered project, where his vision is what it has to present. The downfall, and he loved downfalls, is magnificently done, but it only serves as the motion in his atmosphere.
Oct 26, 2018	felipelahm	90 _95%
Family saga through the eyes of unspeakable heir, a man who just spends money - no career, no dreams, just pure greed. Gold is the ruin. He kind of falls for the daughter of Morgan, an inventor of automobiles, as his family starts tearing apart with deaths and the advance of technology. He also makes everything so his mom never marries the man she always loved - Morgan. So profoundly sad and ahead of its time. Third act is a mess without anything about the family's decay the city's modernization
Sep 30, 2018	TheBreather	90 _88%
Sep 18, 2018	bubsy	5 _64%
Sep 12, 2018	Hyperion+	4 _71%
Sep 09, 2018	Zepheus	70 _0%
Aug 07, 2018	cascade	62 _37%
Jul 26, 2018	CMQuinn	70 _49%
Jul 15, 2018	HarrisonOh	85 _58%
Jun 26, 2018	FreddieQuell	64 _49%
Jun 09, 2018	jbwfilm	100 _96%
May 31, 2018	cayh	80 _72%
May 27, 2018	flund	27 _43%
May 26, 2018	allneonslike	70 _67%
May 22, 2018	addeh	85 _92%
May 09, 2018	normatic	70 _62%
May 08, 2018	brennanc	19 _95%
May 07, 2018	Siegel Hans	80 _82%
May 04, 2018	toadlicker	50 _8%
May 03, 2018	dragos	70 _57%
May 01, 2018	John Milton	70 _61%
Apr 19, 2018	fictionfitz	73 _64%
Apr 16, 2018	AchwellFoley	65 _66%
Apr 13, 2018	benrad	70 _37%
Apr 13, 2018	dourface	80 _86%
Apr 11, 2018	Philosofem	79 _71%
Mar 20, 2018	apsays	52 _31%
Mar 09, 2018	scott.mcc	80 _86%
Jan 31, 2018	Italo	1 _0%
Jan 18, 2018	vidadam93	81 _46%
Jan 09, 2018	cengaveri	78 _88%
Jan 07, 2018	fagus	50 _59%
Jan 02, 2018	rafalko6	60 _30%
Dec 28, 2017	LordCouture	69 _72%
Dec 20, 2017	bennick218	84 _75%
Dec 20, 2017	Systematicer	80 _87%
Dec 08, 2017	benotoole	71 _50%
Nov 29, 2017	Cocoa	50 _26%
Nov 27, 2017	ashleylm	60 _42%
Nov 22, 2017	spizcraft	90 _95%
Nov 17, 2017	teaty666	70 _88%
Oct 21, 2017	Kurtz	9 _94%
Oct 19, 2017	rakke	80 _75%
Oct 07, 2017	PietHeijn	78 _90%
REWATCH: 73 -> 83. Now I see how great this could have been. It is a shame Gregg Toland didn't do the cinematography and it is - above all - a shame that we will never see the original ending. And still, this is a surprisingly powerful film. The story is really really magnificent (haha) and Welles did very well with his adaptation. Could it have been greater than Kane? Possibly, I'm not quite sure. The story is. The movie, I think, could never be as great as Kane without Toland.
Oct 01, 2017	sandrikoti	100 _83%
Sep 12, 2017	bellst74	85 _89%
Sep 11, 2017	whitejeft	96 _90%
Sep 03, 2017	theWatcher	72 _30%
Aug 30, 2017	paulofilmo	69 _51%
Aug 27, 2017	ManInBlack	6 _36%
Aug 22, 2017	Curb	94 _94%
Aug 19, 2017	Monisit	79 _62%
Aug 02, 2017	whataboutit	90 _74%
Jul 28, 2017	8505144	86 _75%
Jul 16, 2017	dean_	10 _93%
Jul 13, 2017	haljordan2	1 _0%
Jul 11, 2017	lgn	80 _75%
Jul 10, 2017	bybrt	85 _89%
Jun 27, 2017	sans_soleil	10 _9%
Jun 16, 2017	adilinki	80 _84%
Jun 13, 2017	AHP	85 _84%
Jun 08, 2017	guvolefou	85 _92%
May 23, 2017	CosmicMonkey	68 _28%
I'll be generous and blame it on the mutilation of the final cut by RKO executives, but, (as one character would say,) By Jove! What a tediously boring mess! Granted there's some downright beautiful camerawork and long-takes, if anything, Welles knew how to compose a shot, but everything else about this: the story, the characters, the pacing, the editing, the sound, the acting; is completely uninteresting and unremarkable.
May 20, 2017	barryegan	80 _48%
May 15, 2017	DrWade42	80 _69%
May 13, 2017	HillJackBob	60 _39%
May 10, 2017	albajos	70 _69%
May 06, 2017	Aira	80 _73%
Apr 22, 2017	Gwendolen	75 _0%
Apr 09, 2017	ICMforum	80 _34%
Apr 05, 2017	92filmgeek	56 _30%
Mar 30, 2017	cheapthrills	80 _74%
Mar 25, 2017	loc42	20 _10%
Looking from today, it's terribly dated and has no subtlety at all. We have a Stavrogin-like character, George, who indeed has to be hanged because he tries to stay as an arsitocrat against a bourgeois. Some long shots and the self-reflexive part at the end don't suffice to make this a significant achievement in cinema. I don't have to endure this arrogant bastard George and Welles's overconfidence that he tells something revolutionary. No Orson, it's too pretentious and dumb. I don't buy this.
Mar 24, 2017	pmartifil	70 _55%
Mar 21, 2017	thrillington	70 _21%
Mar 11, 2017	RYM-byrates	74 _91%
Mar 03, 2017	Silp	97 _91%
Feb 27, 2017	SirStuckey	55 _28%
I was going to come on here and complain about how uneven it felt in regards to pacing and random jumps of time and I find out the studio took control of the editing and chopped it to shit. It's hard for me to rate. There are things that I liked but it's not a movie that appeals to me in the first place and I don't want to dog it too bad because the studio famously took a dump on it.
Feb 25, 2017	mCihhh	70 _60%
Feb 21, 2017	kode	73 _36%
Feb 10, 2017	bhalac	85 _85%
Feb 09, 2017	Buff	40 _43%
Feb 06, 2017	anandare	81 _75%
Feb 01, 2017	mericsenyuz	100 _99%
Feb 01, 2017	lineuphere	94 _93%
Jan 29, 2017	Villane	90 _76%
Jan 29, 2017	NevinLiu	93 _97%
Jan 24, 2017	monclivie	85 _88%
Jan 17, 2017	Nacho353	50 _58%
Jan 14, 2017	mjbreuer	76 _67%
Jan 12, 2017	vildanden	30 _15%
Jan 08, 2017	jpn	5 _91%
Jan 08, 2017	Jimmy Suede	60 _26%
Dec 29, 2016	smellyjoe	50 _24%
Dec 25, 2016	obsession	95 _69%
Dec 19, 2016	bidola	81 _59%
Dec 16, 2016	joiken	90 _86%
Dec 08, 2016	HakkaMex	3 _17%
Dec 05, 2016	sdenka	85 _76%
Dec 01, 2016	nunobar	90 _86%
Nov 24, 2016	oenginsu	55 _45%
Nov 17, 2016	Mr.Blumfeld	80 _71%
Nov 14, 2016	Ronin22	74 _93%
Nov 13, 2016	daffodil907	80 _89%
Oct 30, 2016	Roshambo	70 _77%
Oct 27, 2016	90sCoffee	65 _27%
Oct 27, 2016	tommy_leazaq	58 _56%
Oct 24, 2016	meliorism	70 _51%
Oct 10, 2016	TheMarkle	40 _5%
Oct 07, 2016	Dominoes1992	95 _81%
Sep 30, 2016	kupfertj	75 _62%
Sep 26, 2016	kamhungsoh	60 _33%
Sep 13, 2016	jffrakes	80 _67%
Sep 12, 2016	Vansteph	71 _33%
Sep 08, 2016	catso	70 _35%
Aug 27, 2016	NickP	70 _56%
Aug 26, 2016	sinefilcocuk	6 _43%
Aug 23, 2016	LolaMontes	98 _96%
Aug 11, 2016	Lionel Hutz	16 _14%
Aug 10, 2016	strangelime	90 _81%
Jul 31, 2016	zmoats	86 _74%
Orson Welles' juxtaposition of an industrializing America and a deteriorating family in The Magnificent Ambersons works on multiple levels. The adaptation of Booth Tarkington's book is the first, but Orson's direction brings it to a new place, specifically with the lighting and use of shadows that he so eloquently cultivated in Citizen Kane. Tim Holt (George Minafer), Joseph Cotten (Eugene Morgan), and Agnes Moorehead (Fanny Minafer) all give great performances, elevating the movie even further.
Jul 29, 2016	nbc6	63 _55%
Jul 24, 2016	krf7	85 _75%
Jul 13, 2016	eddiewinslow	70 _30%
Jul 12, 2016	david_choate	91 _73%
This is a film that is magnificent in spite of its studio butchering- beautifully fluid one-shot sequences have been chopped through the middle, inspired Shakespearian monologues have been hushed with fade-outs, intense close-ups have been ravaged with voiceover, and endings have been sweet-ified. Studio interference has practically become eponymous with Hollywood Welles, yet it is so easy to see the film this almost was, just under the surface of all that tampering.
Jul 04, 2016	Col_Needham	100 _99%
Jul 04, 2016	MrWhiplash	100 _88%
Jun 27, 2016	EmiGrecco	75 _65%
Jun 26, 2016	park3240	100 _95%
Jun 17, 2016	asxyninja	90 _87%
Jun 12, 2016	Asmar03	95 _89%
Jun 07, 2016	Tarris1	77 _79%
Jun 04, 2016	letterboxdvo	39 _85%
May 31, 2016	scottstilson	51 _49%
May 29, 2016	kaan26	70 _73%
May 21, 2016	ibodirector	50 _26%
May 21, 2016	kubrickvari	40 _11%
Apr 26, 2016	ArloJWiley	60 _37%
Apr 26, 2016	twijfel	75 _80%
Apr 18, 2016	Asm Nabil	75 _59%
Apr 17, 2016	hdw3	4 _40%
Apr 15, 2016	fannyoch	100 _92%
Apr 08, 2016	Mencius	80 _62%
Apr 03, 2016	Archeologian	55 _32%
It's painful watching this. Welles' career is one of the saddest wastes of talent in film history. All that remains are moments of something wonderful: the monologue about the sun, or the montage of the city streets [e2a: do excuse me for fanboying all over your clean rug].
Apr 02, 2016	kafka1325	65 _68%
Apr 01, 2016	lou_weed	83 _20%
Mar 06, 2016	cchval	3 _24%
Feb 25, 2016	mb9607	80 _0%
Feb 24, 2016	FrancoZero	9 _37%
Feb 13, 2016	TheDiceman	70 _81%
Amazing camera work.
Feb 02, 2016	DougieD	65 _25%
Feb 01, 2016	Classicmovie	77 _50%
Jan 28, 2016	phoBos42	94 _88%
Jan 28, 2016	ryebass	75 _6%
Jan 18, 2016	Mulholland	60 _36%
Jan 18, 2016	gledX	70 _67%
Jan 12, 2016	Carlospro	85 _91%
Dec 29, 2015	thundercat	80 _82%
Dec 16, 2015	MUBIvotes	41 _91%
Dec 15, 2015	robot2xl	73 _48%
Dec 11, 2015	MichaelOKeef	60 _49%
Dec 03, 2015	omeraksy	85 _89%
Nov 30, 2015	bmikeo	81 _59%
Nov 27, 2015	coroner	100 _97%

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