Just over fifty years after A Man for All Seasons won six Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor for Paul Scofield, Fred Zinnemann’s adaptation of Robert Bolt’s stage play has found unique points of modern relevance.
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New York Daily NewsKate Cameron
New York Daily NewsKate Cameron
A faithful and beautifully impressive transition to the screen of Robert Bolt's superb historical play.
Producer-director Fred Zinnemann has blended all filmmaking elements into an excellent, handsome and stirring film version of A Man For All Seasons.
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TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
Director Zinnemann never allows his primarily stage-trained actors to indulge in theatrical over-emoting. This absorbing film features inventive camerawork and superior production values.
A Man for All Seasons offers an engaging, if somewhat dry, history lesson leavened with enough low-key drollness and powerful acting to keep it from ever becoming boring.
Prestigious, well turned out piece of British historical drama with enough genuine intrigue and wit to persuade some audiences they aren't watching a history lesson.
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The New YorkerPauline Kael
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Tasteful and moderately enjoyable.
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Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Robert Bolt's boring historical drama functions best as an anthology of British acting styles, circa 1966.