Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 11, 1977 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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The characters don't motivate the drama in any real way. They are cut and shaped to fit it, and if the cast of Black Sunday were not so good, and if Mr. Frankenheimer were a less able director, the movie would be unendurably boring.
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Black Sunday takes such a plodding literal-minded approach with an extravagant thriller premise that we have more than enough time to watch the gears working and all too often jamming. [01 Apr 1977, p.B1]