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10/07/08
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:7
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.9/10
Synopsis: Jennifer Jones won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for her screen debut in this true story. Jones plays young French peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous, who sees a vision of a "beautiful lady" near her... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford, Lee J. Cobb, William Eythe
Director: Henry King
Reviews for The Song of Bernadette
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12/30/06
Top CriticIf your spiritual tuning fork doesn't already hum to The Song of Bernadette's sentimental religiosity, this is an overlong (156 minutes), overpious, and often kitschy hagiography.
04/05/06
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03/25/06
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02/09/06
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07/01/05
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09/03/04
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12/05/03
Over-produced, quasi-religious historical drama.
11/24/03
Based on the historical novel by Jewish author Franz Werfel, the beloved classic The Song of Bernadette stands head and shoulders over most religiously themed fare from Hollywood’s golden age.
07/18/03
The Song of Bernadette is not a great film, but it is a very good film. It is characteristic of the kind of earnest prestige or super-spectacle picture that was always a stumbling block for an art form built on commerce and exploitation, but it is
07/09/03
Like most DVD offerings in this very fine series from Fox, the transfer is pristine.
06/26/03
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