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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Remembrance of Things Planted
"The NY Times review of The Manchurian Candidate, a Jonathan Demme film starring Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep. The Manchurian Candidate movie ..." Read Review
The New York Times - A. O. Scott
Review: The Manchurian Candidate
Score: 60%
"Full disclosure: I believe that John Frankenheimer's 1962 Manchurian Candidate is a classic political satire and pulse-pounder that no one needed ..." Read Review
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers
Review: The Manchurian Candidate
Score: 76%
"Corporations, not commies, are the sinister force behind Jonathan Demme 's " The Manchurian Candidate ," in which poor Raymond Shaw is told by a ..." Read Review
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
Flak Magazine: Review of The Manchurian Candidate, 08.11.04
"A far cry from the group hug of the Democratic National Convention, there was a time when John Kerry was thought of as an uneasy presence by the ..." Read Review
Flak Magazine - Stephen Himes
Review: Manchurian Candidate, The (2004)
Score: 62%
"As remakes go, The Manchurian Candidate is better than most. It remains faithful to the premise and themes of the original, but, by avoiding a ..." Read Review
Reelviews - James Berardinelli
Popular vote
"Updating classic films is always a tricky proposition. Jonathan Demme learned this the hard way two years ago when his The Truth About Charlie ..." Read Review
Canoe.ca - LOUIS B. HOBSON
Review: The Manchurian Candidate
Score: 76%
"Back in 1962, no one saw "The Manchurian Candidate" coming. The language that the great John Frankenheimer thriller spoke -- of assassination ..." Read Review
The Boston Globe - Ty Burr
Flawed Candidate
"In sports teams and things mechanical, the saying is: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." In Hollywood, it should be: "If it ain't half bad, ..." Read Review
Canoe.ca - BRUCE KIRKLAND
Review: MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE
Score: 70%
"Jonathan Demme's spectacular recovery from THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE (2002), a disastrous deconstruction of CHARADE (1963), is a smart, ..." Read Review
TV Guide - Maitland McDonagh
Canned 'Candidate'
Score: 62%
"Denzel Washington in "The Manchurian Candidate." THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE Remake adds little. Running time: 130 minutes. ..." Read Review
New York Post - Megan Lehmann
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