Hud
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 29, 1963 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
EmpireAdam Smith
Newman is at his very best, and the cinematography is backing him up every step of the way. Must-see material. Read full review
80
TimeStaff (Not Credited)
The film is on the level, and the four principal actors—Newman, Neal, Douglas, and de Wilde—are so good that they might well form the nucleus of a cinematic repertory company. The point of the picture is as dry and nihilistic as a Panhandle dust storm. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Newman's performance is unquestionably the best thing about this brutal portrait of humanity. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
Ugly, powerful drama. [28 May 1963]
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Pretensions are kept nicely damped down by the performances (all four principals are great) and by Wong Howe's magnificent camerawork. Read full review
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Hud is a near miss. Where it falls short of the mark is in its failure to filter its meaning and theme lucidly through its characters and story. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineEd Gonzalez
Remarkably dull Hud more or less plays out as a home-on-the-range knock-off of Nicholas Ray’s brilliant Rebel Without a Cause. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Paul Newman in his first ascendancy, as the favorite antihero of the Kennedy era. Martin Ritt directed, putting a little too much dust in the dust bowl for my taste. Read full review
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