A Man for All Seasons
Columbia Pictures Corporation | Release Date: December 12, 1966 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
CineVueJordan Adcock
Just over fifty years after A Man for All Seasons won six Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor for Paul Scofield, Fred Zinnemann’s adaptation of Robert Bolt’s stage play has found unique points of modern relevance. Read full review
100
New York Daily NewsKate Cameron
A faithful and beautifully impressive transition to the screen of Robert Bolt's superb historical play. Read full review
90
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
A Man for All Seasons is a picture that inspires admiration, courage and thought. Read full review
80
VarietyA.D. Murphy
Producer-director Fred Zinnemann has blended all filmmaking elements into an excellent, handsome and stirring film version of A Man For All Seasons. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Director Zinnemann never allows his primarily stage-trained actors to indulge in theatrical over-emoting. This absorbing film features inventive camerawork and superior production values. Read full review
80
The GuardianAlex Von Tunzelmann
This 1966 drama ticks most of the right boxes when it comes to entertaining as well as educating. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
A Man for All Seasons offers an engaging, if somewhat dry, history lesson leavened with enough low-key drollness and powerful acting to keep it from ever becoming boring. Read full review
60
EmpireKim Newman
Prestigious, well turned out piece of British historical drama with enough genuine intrigue and wit to persuade some audiences they aren't watching a history lesson. Read full review
60
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Tasteful and moderately enjoyable.
60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
An agonisingly respectable, sincere film of Robert Bolt's literate play, with Scofield as Sir Thomas More, endorsing the divine right of the Pope over and above his King. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Robert Bolt's boring historical drama functions best as an anthology of British acting styles, circa 1966. Read full review
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