Sweet Smell of Success

  • 1957


MOVIE IS statically engaging fizzingly intelligent powerful
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98 % Certified Fresh
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 24
Negative reviews 4
Average Rating 4.2/5
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5.0
One of those rare films where you remember the names of the characters because you remember them as people, as types, as benchmarks. Rogerebert
4.5
James Hills production, locationed in Manhattan, captures the feel of Broadway and environs after dark. Variety
1.0
Still remarkably pungent, this sordid tale about the entertainment business stars Lancaster as an all powerful Broadway gossip columnist and Curtis as ..
5.0
With some of the sharpest dialogue ever cut in Hollywood, only on the most superficial level is this a movie about gossip and publicity. Were talking ..
4.8
Falco is viewed as a pitiful character, less sinister than his boss, despite all the harm he has done to others.Sweet Smell of Success is a savagely t .. Sover
5.0
If it werent so slick and superb, it would almost resonate like a brilliant accidental note from a masters saxophone. Combust Ible Celluloid
5.0
New York never looked as thrillingly sordid as it does in this scabrous masterpiece. The Times
5.0
So intense is the build up that a touch of the monster is required and Lancaster doesnt disappoint. Smh
5.0
The film is a masterpiece, intelligent Hollywood cinema at its best. Guardian
5.0
The charm and pretty good looks hiding a selfish, greedy liar and manipulator always on the make, an urban vulture dressed like Polly the parrot.
5.0
A powerful mediation on greed, power, and immorality, Sweet Smell Of Success is a magnificent, sobering work with a heart of darkness. Bbc
4.5
Sweet Smell, which could have been offal, is raised to considerable dramatic heights by intense acting, taut direction (by Alexander Mackendrick), sup .. Time
2.0
It is in Time Magazines list as one of the top movies of all time. Coles Mithey
4.0
His character doesnt get to travel full circle, instead staying in a statically unending routine of base decisions.
2.0
Sweet Smell of Success is a savagely told pulpish tale about those who cant stand the daylight because it will shine a light on things they dont want .. Dennis Schwartz Reviews
4.5
A fizzingly clever big city satire and deeply strange late noir classic. Film Guardian
2.0
A lean, mean amorality tale that still goes down like a cookie laced with arsenic. Guide Live
4.5
Mackendricks nighthawk landscape is compellingly, poetically bleak. Chicago Reader
3.1
The movie plays like a mystery thriller letting the audience attempt to piece together what will happen to all parties in the end. Cinema Sight
5.0
Not simply the best performance Curtis has given (and the film for which he is most proud), he delivers a masterpiece of American film acting. Stream On Demand At Home
5.0
Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick) 1957 Sweet Smell of Success, one of the best and last true film noir works, is one of the greatest of a .. Movie Martyr
4.0
Lancaster Curtis saga of Manhattans amoral media has spark and a wicked bite. Net Flix
4.5
It is beautifully shot in gleaming black and white (James Wong Howe) and written in a lucid, over exposed one oclock in the morning style by Clifford .. OutWeek
5.0
Im nice to people where it pays me to be nice.Look, I do it enough on the outside, so dont expect me to do it in my own office. Film Site
3.5
I was sorry when I learned that Michaels, the well known childrens hair cutting salon at Madison Avenue and 90th Street, went out of business recently .. Ny Observer
4.5
Not simply the best performance Curtis has given (and the film for which he is most proud), Curtis delivers a masterpiece of American film acting. Parallax View
4.5
Another 50s noir with improved reception over time, the razor sharp wit of the script and the engaging lead performances will keep audiences coming ba ..
4.5
Its a tough tale about utterly amoral people. I thought the ending rather weak bet for most of the footage the film packs plenty of punch. Baltimore Afro-American



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