Scriptwriter Daniel Taradash rescued, if not quite a gem, then at least a high-grade industrial diamond from this rough original.
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02/18/09
From Here to Eternity (1953)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:31
Rotten:4
Average Rating:8.1/10
Consensus: It has perhaps aged poorly, but this languidly paced WWII romance remains an iconic, well-acted film, featuring particularly strong performances from Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift.
Synopsis: An all-star cast brought what was considered an unfilmable novel to the screen with skill and grace with this story of the loves, hopes, and dreams of those in a close-knit Army barracks in Hawaii... [More]
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Reviews for From Here to Eternity
The tough story on corruption in the military was given authenticity by being partially shot at Pearl Harbor.
02/20/08
Deserving to be seen and remembered for so much more than that kiss, this is old school drama of the highest order.
02/20/08
Top CriticIt is an important film from any angle, presenting socko entertainment for big business.
11/01/07
Top CriticNo review available.
10/02/07
A seamless combination of high drama, romance and action.
06/04/07
Sominex is cheaper and probably safer.
12/13/06
Terrific performances from Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster highlight this limitedly involving romance.
11/08/06
"If a man don't go his own way, he's nothin," says Montgomery Clift in the superbly realized melodrama, set at the oubtbreak of WWII, a motto that also sums up director Fred Zinnemann's belief system.
07/04/06
Zinnemann's flat direction does produce its dull moments.
01/26/06
There's no real "action" to speak of, aside from a few fistfights and the third act bombing attack, but From Here to Eternity sure isn't boring.
11/09/05
One of the best of all time.
08/12/05
No review available.
07/17/05
The film will always be remembered for the nocturnal romp on the surf between Kerr and Lancaster.
01/02/04
So clear-eyed and three-dimensional that it makes the recent Pearl Harbor look like a bunch of kids playing dress up.
12/12/03
Rapturously received from the moment it was released in 1953, From Here to Eternity remains, half a century later, a singular cinematic experience, one of the landmarks of American film.
12/04/03
Top Critic...a macho movie with heart.
12/04/03
Contemporary audiences may not see why, even in its toned-down simplification of the novel, From Here to Eternity was the most daring movie of 1953, but it remains an acting bonanza.
12/02/03
No review available.
09/04/03
Out of From Here to Eternity, a novel whose anger and compassion stirred a postwar reading public as few such works have, Columbia and a company of sensitive hands have forged a film almost as towering and persuasive as its source.
05/20/03
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