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Gentleman's Agreement

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

1947

Elia Kazan

Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm ...

6.8

1,779

Drama Gregory Peck is an investigative journalist assigned to write about anti-Semitism. Frustrated with cold facts and statistics, he decides to get an insider's view by telling people he is Jewish. An excellent study of the insidious nature of prejudice.

	Author	Review
United States	Hobe Morrison Variety	"The picture is one of the most vital and stirring and impressive in Hollywood history (...) The film is, if anything, an improvement over the novel."	POS
United States	Kate Cameron New York Daily News	"A profoundly moving and dramatic story of today (...) An excellent production."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"For all its faults, 'Gentleman’s Agreement' is a tough, high-minded, interesting member of the best picture club."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"It earned three self-congratulatory Academy Awards (...) though it looks pretty timorous now."	NEU
United States	Chris Cabin Slant	"Boldly serious yet never laborious or particularly lugubrious in tone (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Hutchinson Radio Times	"[It] still has the power to compel (...) While it's one of Peck's finest performances, other members of the cast produced work of similarly high quality (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ty Burr Entertainment Weekly	"'Agreement' was tame, cautious stuff even back then."	NEG
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"The movie is as powerful today as when it captured the Best Picture Oscar (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Time	"[It] is an important experiment, honestly approached and successfully brought off."	POS

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