Look Back in Anger

Name: Look Back in Anger
Genre: Drama
Released: September 15, 1959
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Claire Bloom, Donald Pleasence, Edith Evans, Gary Raymond, Glen Byam Shaw

1959

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Associated British-Pathé | Release Date: September 15, 1959 | Approved

Starring: Claire Bloom, Donald Pleasence, Edith Evans, Gary Raymond, Glen Byam Shaw, Jane Eccles, Mary Ure, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Richard Burton, S.P. Kapoor

Summary: A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

Director: Tony Richardson

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 98 min

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Ted Mahar

Director Tony Richardson and Burton -- and Mary Ure, Claire Bloom and Edith Evans -- show what excitement could be created on paltry budgets in England in the late '50s and early '60s. [30 Sep 2001]

Bosley Crowther

The fury and hate that John Osborne was able to pack into a flow of violent words in his stage play, Look Back in Anger, are not only matched but also documented in the film that the original stage director, Tony Richardson, has made from that vicious play. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Sixty years on, the big-screen adaptation of the landmark play looks more conservative than revolutionary but Burton’s firepower is undimmed. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Probably still watchable today, if only for the brittle dialogue and kitchen-sink realism, but undoubtedly dated as well. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Richardson's is a technical triumph, but somewhere along the line he has lost the heart and the throb that made the play an adventure. The film simultaneously impresses and depresses. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

Powerhouse performance from Richard Burton but a little too old to play the angry young man stuff that is essential to this tale. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Burton is too old for the part, and Richardson's turgidly literal approach is none too involving. Read full review

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