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A.D. Murphy

Film Critic

The Godfather (1972)

Publish Date: March 14, 2007
"[It] has excellent production values, flashes of excitement, and a well-picked cast. But it is also overlong (...) and occasionally confusing. While never so placid as to be boring, it is never so gripping as to be superior screen drama."

Variety
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Publish Date: November 8, 1977
"'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is a daring film concept which in its special and technical effects has been superbly realized (...) the first 100 minutes, however, are somewhat redundant in exposition and irritating in tone."

Variety
Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977)

Publish Date: March 25, 1977
"George Lucas set out to make the biggest possible adventure fantasy out of his memories of serials and older action epics, and he succeeded brilliantly"

Variety
Rocky (1976)

Publish Date: November 9, 1976
"Some genuinely strong emotional impact emerges (...) Best not to dwell on the film"

Variety
Network (1976)

Publish Date: October 13, 1976
"'Network' will shake you up (...) Sidney Lumet’s direction is outstanding (...) [It] is a potent commercial blend of artful tirade, visual excitement and sociological horror."

Variety
Taxi Driver (1976)

Publish Date: February 3, 1976
"It's a powerful film and a terrific showcase for the versatility of star Robert De Niro"

Variety
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Publish Date: November 18, 1975
"[It] is brilliant cinema theatre. Jack Nicholson stars in an outstanding characterization of Ken Kesey’s asylum anti-hero, McMurphy, and Milos Forman’s direction of a superbly-cast film is equally meritorious."

Variety
Jaws (1975)

Publish Date: June 18, 1975
"Getting right to the point, 'Jaws' is an artistic and commercial smash."

Variety
The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Publish Date: December 8, 1974
"An excellent epochal drama in its own right (...) Al Pacino again is outstanding as Michael Corleone, successor to crime family leadership"

Variety
Chinatown (1974)

Publish Date: June 19, 1974
"An outstanding picture (...) Richard Sylbert’s production design is magnificent (...) It lives up to the bruited expectations."

Variety
The Sting (1973)

Publish Date: December 11, 1973
""[A] finely-crafted story of multiple deception and surprise ending will delight both mass and class audiences"

Variety
A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Publish Date: December 14, 1971
"A brilliant nightmare (...) Uncomfortably proximate, disturbingly plausible and obliquely resolved"

Variety
The Graduate (1967)

Publish Date: December 17, 1967
"A delightful, satirical comedy-drama (...) An excellent screenplay by Calder Willingham and comedy specialist Buck Henry (...) Richard Sylbert’s production design is outstanding"

Variety
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Publish Date: December 5, 1967
"An outstanding Stanley Kramer production, superior in almost every imaginable way, which examines its subject matter with perception, depth, insight, humor and feeling"

Variety
In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Publish Date: June 21, 1967
"An absorbing contemporary murder drama (...) An excellent Sidney Poitier performance, and an outstanding one by Rod Steiger."

Variety
A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Publish Date: December 13, 1966
"Producer-director Fred Zinnemann has blended all filmmaking elements into an excellent, handsome and stirring film version of 'A Man For All Seasons'."

Variety
Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Publish Date: December 28, 1965
"One of the most meticulously designed and executed films (...) Lean has devoted as much care to physical values as he has to his players"

Variety

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