Judgment at Nuremberg
United Artists | Release Date: December 18, 1961 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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The New YorkerPauline Kael
Gavin Lambert summed it up: An all-star concentration-camp drama, with special guest-victim appearances.
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Judgment at Nuremberg is twice the size of the concise, stirring and rewarding production on television's Playhouse 90 early in 1959. A faster tempo by producer-director Stanley Kramer and more trenchant script editing would have punched up picture. Read full review
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TimeStaff (Not Credited)
On the whole, Director Kramer has almost arrogantly exceeded his judicial warrant. He has also crudely mismanaged both actors and camera, and has carelessly permitted several reels of fat to accumulate around the movie's middle. Read full review
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Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Grandstanding 1961 courtroom drama about the Nazi war trials, courtesy of producer-director Stanley Kramer, breast-beating screenwriter Abby Mann, and an all-star cast—watchable enough on its own terms, but insufferably glib next to something like Shoah. Read full review
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