The Hill
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: October 3, 1965 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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80
EmpireBob McCabe
Atmospherically black-and-white photography provides suitable accompaniment to Sidney Lumet's unrelenting direction, with the two leads into it with plenty of relish. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyTim Purtell
Rebel-with-a-cause clichés are mostly averted by sturdy acting, Oswald Morris’ vivid black-and-white cinematography, and a satisfyingly bleak conclusion. Read full review
80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Sean Connery took a break from Bond to give a sterling performance in this awesomely intense drama set in a North African British army camp, where the favourite punishment for prisoners is to send them clambering up and down a man-made hill in the full heat of the day. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
An intense, if slightly overlong, drama. The film is well assembled, and the performances are all quite good, especially Connery and Hendry. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Victor Dwyer
Lumet uses every claustrophobic camera angle in the book to make the viewer feel as trapped as the characters. [04 Nov 2000, p.12]
88
USA TodayMike Clark
Lots of sand but no day at the beach for its characters -- and not, from all appearances, the actors, either. Among the best of director Sidney Lumet's movies not set in New York. [08 Jun 2007, p.8E]
80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
It is a harsh, sadistic and brutal entertainment, superbly acted and made without any concessions to officialdom. Read full review
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