With the script glossing whole areas of confrontation (from the communist '30s to the McCarthy witch-hunts), it often passes into the haze of a nostalgic fashion parade.
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01/26/06
The Way We Were (1973)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:11
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Sydney Pollack directs Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand in this sensitive and moving tale of the romance of two individuals whose political ideologies are exact opposites. Streisand won an... [More]
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Murray Hamilton
Director: Sydney Pollack
Reviews for The Way We Were
1 - 18 (sorted by comments; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticThe politics are relegated to the background, and what is left is a commercially astute weepie.
05/26/08
Top CriticThe story of Jewish left-wing ugly duckling and the WASP prince with whom she falls in love encapsulates its time and emotions with knowing precision.
10/01/03
Top CriticAn engrossing, if occasionally ludicrous, hit tearjerker with Pollack, Streisand, and Redford doing a good job of bringing Arthur Laurents' script to the screen.
05/26/08
Top CriticComes off as about as believable as a love affair between myself and a potted plant.
01/01/00
Some movies just don’t stand the test of time.
01/01/00
A for effort; C for execution.
05/26/08
No review available.
06/26/03
In Pollack's schmaltzy romantic melodrama, real politics is in the background (of course), but the movie is enjoyable as a star vehicle for its handsome stars, Redford and Streisand in their only film together, not to mention Hamlisch's melodic tone.
07/29/09
certainly a classic of its kind
01/23/03
Sentimental but not overly smaltzy
03/29/07
Ultra glossy soaper that's frankly irresistible.
08/14/03
Syrupy and over-rated.
04/16/03
No review available.
07/29/02
No review available.
05/29/06
It's easy to forgive the movie a lot because of Streisand. She's fantastic.
10/23/04
Top CriticA distended, talky, redundant and moody melodrama.
05/26/08
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