The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Warner Bros. | Release Date: January 24, 1948 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
98
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie has never really been about gold but about character, and Bogart fearlessly makes Fred C. Dobbs into a pathetic, frightened, selfish man -- so sick we would be tempted to pity him, if he were not so undeserving of pity. Read full review
100
EmpireDavid Parkinson
Like "The Searchers", this is so brilliant that the only real effect of the other versions is to make you want to watch the original again. Read full review
100
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
Mr. Huston has shaped a searching drama of the collision of civilization's vicious greeds with the instinct for self-preservation in an environment where all the barriers are down. And, by charting the moods of his prospectors after they have hit a vein of gold, he has done a superb illumination of basic characteristics in men. One might almost reckon that he has filmed an intentional comment here upon the irony of avarice in individuals and in nations today...But don't let this note of intelligence distract your attention from the fact that Mr. Huston is putting it over in a most vivid and exciting action display. Read full review
100
VarietyHerm Schoenfeld
A distinguished work that will take its place in the repertory of Hollywood's great and enduring achievements. Read full review
100
TV Guide Magazine
Arguably John Huston's greatest film, this powerful study of masculinity under pressure retains its power. Read full review
100
TimeStaff (Not Credited)
One of the best things Hollywood has done since it learned to talk; and the movie can take a place, without blushing, among the best ever made. Read full review
100
Chicago ReaderDon Druker
John Huston was rarely in better form than he was directing this 1948 study of gold fever and worse obsessions among an unlikely trio of prospectors... Bogart is outstanding as the pathetic bully Fred C. Dobbs. Read full review
100
The New YorkerPauline Kael
One of the strongest of all American movies...The picture is emotionally memorable, though - it has a powerful cumulative effect; when it's over you know you've seen something.
88
Slant MagazineRob Humanick
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is as enduring a classic as has ever come out of Hollywood, and arguably among the greatest, but the film is admittedly not without its share of rough spots. Read full review
60
Time Out
Outrageously Oscar-seeking performances like actor Huston's, coupled with director Huston's comparative conviction with action sequences, work against any yearning for significance. There's a quite enjoyable yarn buried under the hollow laughter. Read full review
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