Watchable mainly for the sheer skill and drive of Preminger's direction, although at 220 minutes even that long outstays its welcome.
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01/26/06
Exodus (1960)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:8
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 38 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on Leon Uris' sweeping novel, EXODUS is the epic saga of the founding of Israel in the days following World War II. Paul Newman stars as an Israeli resistance fighter, a member of the... [More]
Starring: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Sal Mineo
Director: Otto Preminger
Reviews for Exodus
1 - 13 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticPropaganda masquerading as drama, it makes for a decidedly turgid viewing experience.
02/04/04
Top CriticThe style of filmmaking is simply too polite and serene to carry the edgy, dangerous material of Uris's novel
06/24/09
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03/26/09
Top CriticPreminger's ambitious chronicle of the formation of the State of Israel contains some stirring moments, but as an epic it's too sprawling, overlong, and lacks dramatic center, veering uneasily between plot and characterization.
11/15/08
Otto - let my people go!
12/28/07
A stirring chronicle of Israel's struggle for independence in 1947.
10/23/07
Top CriticNo review available.
09/02/07
No review available.
08/04/05
In the end, one should take from this picture a shaken feeling of having been through a lot of harsh and ennobling experiences.
05/09/05
Top Critic
No review available.
01/31/03
Intelligence applied exactly where it is most rare: in the lavish, star-studded epic.
01/01/00
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