John Beaufort
John Beaufort's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
84%
“We are so used to mystery films in which each plot development is a new non sequitur that it is a real relief to find a yarn with some connection.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Apr 22, 2024
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Sabrina (1954)
89%
“Filmed under the auspices of Billy Wilder, its title has been shortened to Sabrina, its amusing dialogue has been jettisoned in favor of dubious sight gags, and it moves all over the place without getting much of anywhere. ” –
Christian Science Monitor
Mar 28, 2024
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The Searchers (1956)
87%
“That more excitement has not found its way into the film as a whole results from a prevailing haziness of narrative, character, and purpose.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Mar 25, 2024
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
88%
“A big, brash, broadly suggestive, and tiresome exhibition. ” –
Christian Science Monitor
Mar 8, 2023
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Flower Drum Song (1961)
79%
“A passably pleasant film. ” –
Christian Science Monitor
Feb 28, 2023
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Diabolique (1955)
95%
“Although lacking the extreme sadism of The Wages of Fear, the new melodrama once more displays M. Clouzot's penchant for a bizarre situation, and his capacity to tighten the narrative screws as he creates a nightmare world. ” –
Christian Science Monitor
Jan 31, 2023
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The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
“The symbolism is clear and effective despite crudities of execution, and the acting is always compelling.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Jan 18, 2023
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Ménilmontant (1926)
100%
“Despite the sordidness of its subject, the film has a delicate and searing poignancy evoked chiefly by the performance of Nadia Sibirskaya.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Jan 18, 2023
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Stalag 17 (1953)
91%
“Franz Waxman’s drumbeat musical setting is highly effective.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Nov 5, 2022
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High Noon (1952)
95%
“Mr. Kramer has produced an exciting western, but he has ended it on a sour and dubious note. ” –
Christian Science Monitor
Sep 20, 2022
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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
90%
“A Raisin in The Sun is humanity-conscious as well as race conscious.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 23, 2022
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Black Orpheus (1959)
88%
“Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) is the most imaginative, colorful, and lyric expression of French “new wave-ism” to reach North American screens at this writing.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 17, 2022
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The Apartment (1960)
93%
“Billy Wilder's The Apartment is a sometimes amusing but basically unpalatable mixture of farce, social satire, and romantic comedy.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 17, 2022
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Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959)
96%
“Hiroshima, Mon Amour is an impressive exercise of film techniques, mood embodying camera work, an almost intuitive kind of musical accompaniment, and verismo acting.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 17, 2022
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The Seventh Seal (1957)
93%
“Mr. Bergman’s objective in The Seventh Seal has been to achieve with the camera the simplicity and directness of a medieval muralist in recounting an immemorial mystery drama which touches the great issues of human experience.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 17, 2022
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The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
96%
“The Cranes Are Flying mingles a strong sense of national identity with universal human themes to tell a powerfully tragic love story against a World War Il background.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 17, 2022
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Mon Oncle (1958)
94%
“Mr. Tati in the title role once more combines the antic with the endearing in the person of the infinitely obliging, bumbling, kindly, and courteous Hulot.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 16, 2022
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Giant (1956)
86%
“Overlong as Giant may be, one cannot but admire the authority and skill with which George Stevens, the coproducer-director, masters the narrative rolling stock in his tremendous train of events... this is film making of a very high order.” –
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 16, 2022
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