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1952
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5.0
This outstanding drama ticks by in real time, only 84 tense minutes long.
Common Sense Media
4.5
Zinnemann carefully and deliberately makes the most of the mood cast by the threat of impending violence.
Variety
4.5
High Noon won a fistful of Oscars, but in these days of pasteboard screen machismo, its worth seeing simply as the anatomy of what it took to make a m ..
Time Out
2.0
Howard Hawks masterpiece Rio Bravo made in 1959 is in response to High Noon, a civic lesson film he resented for its unreal premise.
Sover
5.0
Many fans of the genre regard High Noon as the best Western ever made.
ReelViews
5.0
Not a frame is wasted in this taut, superbly directed, masterfully acted film.
Tv Guide
3.5
But it is a tense, effective little film.Certainly youve heard of it, and if youre thinking of checking it out, theres no reason not to.
Combust Ible Celluloid
5.0
Few westerns have conveyed fear so potently as Kane tries to persuade the townsfolk to stand against Miller and his gang, while the clock runs down in ..
The Times
4.0
Flaws dont negate the strong impact this film would have on the viewer, the impact that inspired many future filmmakers and made High Noon one of the ..
Internet Reviews
3.0
Meaningful in its implication, as well as loaded with interest and suspense, High Noon is a Western to challenge Stagecoach for the all time champions ..
Emanuellevy
5.0
We should all aspire to be Will Kane, and to watch this movie as a reminder of the sheer strength of individual will.
Film Inquiry
5.0
A film about what it means to be a man that manages to avoid the musk of machismo, High Noon is truly a film that improves with each and every viewing ..
Bbc
4.5
High Noon combines its points about good citizenship with some excellent picturemaking.
Time
5.0
Carl Foremans brilliant screenplay pays due respect to each character, no matter how sad or loathsome.
Bullz-Eye
4.0
**** Its the best so far, and thats possibly this episodes biggest odds defying accomplishment. MA This is what great summer movies are all about.
Movie Habit
5.0
Whether its egotism, self respect, bravery, or an indescribable moral obligation, Will is an outstanding cinematic force.
5.0
Every five years or so, somebodysomebody of talent and taste, with a full appreciation of legend and a strong trace of poetry in their soulscoops up a ..
Ny Times
3.0
(Another classic film of this era, On the Waterfront, was made in part as a principled defense of its directors cooperation with the HUAC.)
Decent Films
4.5
Some of the results ring false, but the memorable theme song and some equally memorable character acting (by Thomas Mitchell and Lon Chaney Jr. more t ..
Chicago Reader
4.5
...plays on the psychology of its characters and situations; an oater with insight and introspection...thought over action.
Movie Metropolis
5.0
A parable about the collaborative cowardice of those who rallied behind the Cold War era House of Un American Activities Committee, Zinnemans Oscar wi ..
Nicks Chager
4.5
MOST THRILLING AVIATION SHOTS: Breaking Through The Sound Barrier, an excellent British item.
Maclean's Magazine
4.5
High Noon (1952) is possibly the all time best Western film ever made a successful box office production by Stanley Kramer
Film Site
3.0
Its the epitome of an underdog hero fighting back against the odds.
VultureHound
5.0
The films assessments of violence and responsibility continue to see High Noon so deliciously open to discussion almost 70 years on.
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5.0
A multi Oscar winner (Actor, Editing, Music Score, and Music Song), High Noon is an outstanding achievement in tension (Peter Hyams would riff on the ..
3.8
Deserving of its classic western status... although for a movie predicated on its titular twelve oclock showdown, the gunfight itself is oddly anticli ..
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