Quintessential Capra - popular wish-fulfilment served up with such fast-talking comic panache that you don't have time to question its cornball idealism.
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06/24/06
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:27
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Two slimy fat-cat legislators recruit Jefferson Smith, an innocent and staunchly principled Montana scout leader, as the state's new Senator, hoping to exploit his naviete and community pride to... [More]
Starring: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold
Director: Frank Capra
Reviews for Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Top CriticFine performances are backed by a large and unusually impressive supporting cast.
06/05/02
Top CriticEvery citizen should be made to watch in exchange for the right to vote.
12/06/05
Top CriticWhile Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is the most moral of films, it is so artfully filled with real emotion that it never becomes heavy-handed.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
07/26/02
Every citizen should be made to watch in exchange for the right to vote.
12/08/02
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
08/08/02
Pure cornball idealism.
05/28/04
Capra's Depression era film is a classic, timeless statement about American ideals, featuring a bravura turn from Jimmy Stewart as a young idealistic Senator, fighting corruption in Washington D.C.
01/20/09
Mr. Smith is one of the best shows of the year. More fun, even, than the Senate itself.
05/20/03
Top CriticCapra's classic of democracy, decency and faith still matters, 60 years later.
11/07/02
definitely a highlight of both Stewart and Capra's careers
07/29/02
Captures the inner-workings of Washington in a profound way.
11/18/01
No review available.
11/07/03
Stewart was the real deal, he was no sunshine patriot.
12/21/02
Simplistic and preachy, but effective due to the performances.
05/23/04
No review available.
03/03/04
Frank Capra was to movies what Norman Rockwell was to illustration; he gave us a vision of our national identity that never ignored the challenges we face, although it was idealistic about our ability to meet them.
04/20/02
Jean Arthur está genial como a secretária Saunders, que explica como funciona o Senado americano – que, infelizmente, nos faz lembrar do cenário político brasileiro.
07/25/03
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