Even hardcore Preminger fans number this stage adaptation among his lesser works.
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02/09/06
Saint Joan (1957)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:2
Rotten:6
Average Rating:4.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A controversial classic that captures George Bernard Shaw's grim rendition of the Joan of Arc story, casting her as an innocent caught in the web of history. Seberg's debut.
Starring: Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Harry Andrews
Director: Otto Preminger
Reviews for Saint Joan
1 - 9 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticThe then unknown Seberg in the central role is surrounded by an eminent cast, many of whom act as badly as she but seem above criticism.
05/24/03
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07/09/08
Top CriticThe fervor of the child-soldier is lost on the screen; she appears to be sweet and naive, not the calculating personality Shaw intended and wrote of in the play's prolog.
10/23/07
Top CriticMr. Preminger, his scenarist and his cast, who obviously were serious in tackling an important drama, have only fashioned a series of dissertations on an important theme.
03/25/06
Top CriticNo review available.
07/05/05
No review available.
02/07/05
Hollywood adaptations of plays rarely come off much worse than this B&W one did.
01/01/00
One of Otto Preminger's most underrated features.
01/01/00
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