The Human Factor (1979)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:1
Rotten:4
Average Rating:4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Solid, convincing adaptation of Graham Greene's novel about a leak in the African section of the British Secret
Starring: Nicol Williamson, Derek Jacobi, Richard Attenborough, Robert Morley
Director: Otto Preminger
Reviews for The Human Factor
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The film is a triumph of missed opportunities, miscasting and misdirection, excused, if at all, by the fact that money ran out and Otto had to hock some paintings to finish it. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Director Preminger was handed his first project in five years, a great cast, and good material (based on a Graham Greene novel), and he came up with this anemic little thriller. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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C |
The film has all the spy details of an intriguing chess game being played, but it has no soul. Full Review |
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This rigorous, compelling, radically stylized film represents the end point in a line of development that Otto Preminger had been pursuing since the late 60s. Full Review |
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