Fiddler on the Roof
United Artists | Release Date: November 3, 1971 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Very hard to take with the film sitting up and practically slobbering in its eagerness to prove how loveable it is. A pity, because the score isn't half bad (the show-stopping 'If I Were a Rich Man' almost gets lost), the choreography has possibilities, and Topol is distinctly personable. Read full review
50
The New York TimesVincent Canby
They want to show us everything, to give us our money's worth. In so doing, they've not just opened up the play, they've let most of the life out of it. Read full review
40
TimeJay Cocks
The qualities that have kept the Broadway Fiddler running these seven years are in scant supply onscreen. Gone with barely a trace are warmth, joy, insight and even the most elementary kind of entertainment. Read full review
40
Total FilmStaff (Not Credited)
There's something patronising about the way Norman Jewison portrays all these poor but cheerful Yiddish types. The choreography is clumsy, the acting caricatured, and the songs themselves painfully overblown. Read full review
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