The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: September 17, 1952 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
The script broadens the 1927 short story considerably without losing the Hemingway penchant for the mysticism behind his virile characters and lusty situations. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
One of the more successful attempts to bring Hemingway material to the screen, this story of a writer who has lost his intellectual and emotional bearings after enjoying early commercial success works splendidly under King's sure directorial hand, and is enacted with power and conviction by Peck. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Shallow, colorful adaptation of one of Hemingway's best short stories. [08 May 1998, p.M]
70
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
Thanks to a skillful combination of some sensational African hunting scenes, a musical score of rich suggestion and a vivid performance by Gregory Peck, Twentieth Century-Fox and Darryl F. Zanuck have concocted a handsome and generally absorbing film in The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Read full review
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Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Framed as a deathbed reminiscence, the film does tend to ramble, and seems particularly uneven in its mixture of back-projected wildlife footage, studio and location work, while Peck's weighty Harry Street remains resolutely aloof, to the point where he will not deign to expire. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
There is some exquisite Technicolor photography by Leon Shamroy, but director Henry King never moves the action beyond respectful superficiality. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesLloyd Sachs
There's plenty of good travelogue in moving among Africa, Spain and the French Riviera. But director Henry King plods again. [18 Feb 1999, p.31]
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