Porgy and Bess (1959)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:4
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.4/10
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Pearl Bailey
Director: Otto Preminger
Reviews for Porgy and Bess
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That it stands as an entertaining spectacle and the director's best musical is secondary in interest to the Hollywood politics surrounding it. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The brilliant score by the Gershwins and DuBose Heyward, however, will last forever, while Preminger's veteran cameraman, Leon Shamroy, did a wonderful job and the art direction by Serge Krizman and Joseph Wright is sensational. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
This is a stunning, exciting and moving film, packed with human emotions and cheerful and mournful melodies. It bids fair to be as much a classic on the screen as it is on the stage. Full Review |
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 2/5 |
A mediocre curio. Full Review |
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Should this Porgy and Bess be locked away? It ain't necessarily so. Full Review |
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