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Paths of Glory
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1957
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Negative reviews
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Average Rating
4.4
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5.0
The black and white photography is the correct choice; this is a world of shapes and shadows, mud and smoke, not a world for color.The loss of life is ..
Rogerebert
4.0
Kubrick presents a thoughtful, contemplative look at an impossible war time situation that results in a tragic miscarriage of justice, in which the tr ..
Common Sense Media
1.5
While the subject is well handled and enacted in a series of outstanding characterizations, it seems dated and makes for grim screen fare.
Variety
4.5
The final scene, in which Kubrick presents close ups of soldiers watching a captured German girl being forced to sing for their pleasure is nothing sh ..
Time Out
5.0
It is arguably the best film about the first world war, and still has a reasonable claim to being Stanley Kubricks best film.
The Guardian
2.0
A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austins independent news source for over 36 years, expressing the communitys pol ..
5.0
Mr. Kubrick has made it look terrific.The execution scene is one of the most craftily directed and emotionally lacerating that we have ever seen.
The New York Times
5.0
Stanley Kubricks best meditation on war (yes, Full Metal Jacket fans, you heard me).
E Film Critic
5.0
Terse and remorseless it may be, but the final flourish is perhaps the most fitting gracenote in all of cinema.
2.0
Kubricks masterpiece was more cynical and gritty than Renoirs very poetic and humane indictment of war.
Sover
5.0
The film may be read as a testament to human courage, compassion, and spirit that battles valiantly for survival despite the efforts of tyrants to van ..
Tv Guide
4.4
The less than enthralling vibe is compounded by a narrative that is, to put it mildly, rather disjointed, with the almost total lack of an entry point ..
Reel Film Reviews
4.0
The rereleased Paths of Glory (1957) shows an unexpected side of Stanley Kubrick.
The Times
5.0
Review Our Score by David Parkinson Winston Churchill claimed this film came closest to capturing the atmosphere of the First World War and exposing t ..
Radio Times
5.0
There may have been a temptation, after the anti climactic Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut, to wonder why there was so much fuss about Stanley Ku ..
Independent
3.0
Dealing with the politics and business of combat, Kubricks fact inspired tale is one of the most powerful, cynical, and probing anti war films ever ma ..
Emanuellevy
4.0
You can sense Kubrick stretching his cinematic wings in this prime slice of Hollywood liberalism, his third released feature.
Guardian
5.0
This is the kind of commentary that deepens ones appreciation of the film and its accomplishments without overwhelming you with unnecessary trivia and ..
Q Network
4.0
UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF KUBRICKS MOST EMOTIONAL WORKS Aided by the gripping ensemble performances, its undoubtedly one of the late filmmakers most emotiona ..
Bbc
5.0
The sardonic rhetoric may be laid on a little heavily at times, but the movie is blunt and scornfully brilliant.
New Yorker
5.0
Given that theres nothing else like it, rating or recommending it becomes something of a riddle.What we can say is this: if you are interested in expe ..
Total Film
4.4
Kubrick devastates with relentless storytelling about the corruption of power.
Movie Habit
5.0
With exhilarating action sequences, including a Normandy Beach styled battle charge, tension filled courtroom drama, and the scrutinizing of army mora ..
5.0
Clocking in at a brisk 88 minutes, Paths of Glory is high on tension, low on fat and fully deserves its reputation as one of the finest war films ever ..
The Skinny
4.5
For all its chilly symmetry and beauty, the sheer injustice shown will have your pulse racing.
Film 4
5.0
So perhaps it was bad timing that initially kept audiences from flocking to see one of the greatest war films ever made.
Wsj
4.5
This masterpiece still packs a wallop, though nothing in it is as simple as it may first appear; audiences are still arguing about the final sequence, ..
Chicago Reader
5.0
Yet its incredibly assured, filled with intense performances and striking camerawork.
Articles Chicago Tribune
5.0
Every attempt, every thought, every action is taken in vain for the outcome will not be what we hope even if some minor amount of justice is served in ..
Cinema Sight
4.5
While Kubrick would later revisit wars dehumanizing effects in Full Metal Jacket, the film doesnt have a character like Colonel Dax for us to rally ar ..
Spectrum Culture
4.5
I like war movies and was delighted that this was a film about World War I. The trench warfare was horrific and Paths of Glory doesnt shy away from sh ..
Battleship Pretension
5.0
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Articles Orlando Sentinel
5.0
This is a terrifically powerful film; polemical and propagandist, yes, but so immensely effective.
Gost Dog
4.5
MERRY ANDREW: The new Danny Kaye comedy isnt the best he has ever done but its a genial and funny show.
Maclean's Magazine
4.5
Whats left of it is in no position to even hold the Ant Hill, let alone take it.Im sorry, but thats the truth.
Film Site
3.0
Its very well made and acted and over all a great film that I highly recommend.
rachelsreviews.net
4.5
I dont know if POG is a better FILM than The Grand Illusion, but it provides a much deeper CRITIQUE.The critique in TGI reminds me of Jean Christophe ..
Djardine Blogspot
5.0
This is not only one of our greatest anti war films, this is a movie for all time.
Toxic Universe
5.0
One of Kubricks best works, and one that has been seen by relatively few.
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