Not as a Stranger
United Artists | Release Date: July 1, 1955 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Not As A Stranger taps into the raging fury and animal sexuality lurking underneath Mitchum’s quiet-storm demeanor; the film’s redemptive arc requires him to realize what he has in a good, wholesome woman like de Havilland, but Mitchum’s bedroom eyes and leering swagger suggest that he really belongs to a femme fatale like Grahame, who undoubtedly tumbled out of the womb clutching a cigarette in one hand and a glass of scotch in the other. Read full review
60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
The exceptional cast helps to while away the platitudes and pieties, provided you can accept the likes of Mitchum, Sinatra and Marvin as somewhat wrinkly students. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The book featured lots of sexy scenes, but the film adaptation is, at best, cool and dispassionate. Mitchum's facial expressions seem to fall into two categories: sullen and sour. Read full review
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VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Though some scenes come off fairly well, Mitchum is poker-faced from start to finish. Read full review
40
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
It is loaded with hospital lore, coldly realistic and compelling, but also it is creeping with ponderous characters. With so much dissecting in his picture—and so much of it being good—it is too bad that Mr. Kramer couldn't have done a little on his characters. Read full review
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