These Are the Damned
Columbia Pictures Corporation | Release Date: July 7, 1965 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
More than an interesting curiosity, it's one of Losey's best English efforts, and Viveca Lindfors contributes a striking part as an eccentric sculptress. Read full review
80
The New York TimesEugene Archer
Mr. Losey, proceeding with grim logic toward his apocalyptic climax, has made a strong comment about the nuclear age—while arrestingly demonstrating just how much a gifted filmmaker can accomplish with limited means. Read full review
80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Although the cast is excellent, no one character dominates the action or overshadows the others. Joseph Losey's hand is so apparent that the film's considerable effectiveness must be accredited to him as must its few faults and the fearsome message it conveys. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
One of the best British science-fiction films and one of the most controversial. Read full review
70
The New YorkerRichard Brody
Losey’s strongest critique of the times emerges with a unique stylistic flourish in his wide-screen, black-and-white images, featuring slow glides, skewed angles, standoffish perspectives, and hectic striations. These images seem adorned with quotation marks, as if Losey placed his own movie in the mediatized madness that he was criticizing. Read full review
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
The performances are universally weak, and Losey's clearly ambivalent attitude towards the demands of the genre ensures that the film is never exciting. But as an ambitious oddity, it exerts not a little fascination. Read full review
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