While this multi-Oscar-winning film was controversial at the time of its release, it now seems overly preachy.
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Synopsis: The best of the few Hollywood treatments of anti-Semitism. Gregory Peck gives the right gravity to his role of a magazine reporter who comes to understand in a personal way the barriers imposed by prejudice when, to add depth to his magazine feature, he takes on a Jewish identity. Hart wrote the... The best of the few Hollywood treatments of anti-Semitism. Gregory Peck gives the right gravity to his role of a magazine reporter who comes to understand in a personal way the barriers imposed by prejudice when, to add depth to his magazine feature, he takes on a Jewish identity. Hart wrote the script, based on the novel by Laura Z. Hobson. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere
Reviews
You'd think a 60-year-old movie about prejudice would be passé by now. You'd be wrong.
An incisive look at the effects of anti-Semitism and the attempts to stamp it out.
Tame and too hopeful by today's standards, but Kazan's message drama was important in 1947, representing one of the first time that the word Jew was explicity used in a Hollywood picture.
Verdadeiro tratado sociológico sobre a intolerância e o preconceito, o filme continua a impressionar por sua ambição e por se manter atual quase 60 anos depois de realizado.
The film does try to tackle a subject matter that has not been covered too well by Hollywood at the time, and for that alone it should be commended.
I definitely can't fault Gentleman's Agreement for its subject matter, but man, does it ever beat you over the head with it.
The film still has abundant meaning and should be fully and widely enjoyed.
Gentleman’s Agreement may have been an important film at one time, but it was never a good film.


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