Sabotage
Gaumont British Distributors | Release Date: January 11, 1937 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
85
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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90
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Freely adapted from Conrad's The Secret Agent, this 1936 study of murderous intimacy is ripe for reevaluation as the masterpiece of Alfred Hitchcock's British period. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneStaff (Not Credited)
A commercially compromised but often brilliant updating of Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. [27 Sep 2013, p.C6]
90
Los Angeles TimesMichael Sragow
This movie is as wrenching as it is eruptive. Hitchcock never went further beyond pop than he did with Sabotage. Read full review
80
The New York TimesFrank S. Nugent
A masterly exercise in suspense. His new film is imperfect narrative, but perfect dramaturgy. Read full review
100
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Hitchcock thought that he erred in this one, and that that explained why the picture wasn't a hit. But he was wrong; this adaptation of Conrad's The Secret Agent may be just about the best of his English thrillers, and if the public didn't respond it wasn't his fault.
58
The PlaylistStaff (Not Credited)
A disappointment, certainly, but not one without its pleasures. Read full review
80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
The narrative's a bit perfunctory, but is neatly overbalanced by the joyously rule-breaking sequence of a boy, a bus and a time bomb. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
A tense and chilling espionage picture, Sabotage contains one sequence that many consider among the director's most excruciatingly suspenseful. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Competent and experienced hand of the director is apparent throughout this production, which is a smart one and executed in a business-like manner from start to finish. Read full review
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