Vidor, playing to that crowd, sternly warns against going it alone.

| Dec 15, 2014

The Crowd is a masterpiece - moving, funny, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful. It's a must for anyone interested in the roots of moviemaking, and it's a good choice to show to someone who thinks they wouldn't like silent films.

| Sep 11, 2013

The camera style owes something to Murnau, but the sense of space -- the vast environments that define and attack his protagonists -- is Vidor's own.

| Feb 26, 2013

A drab actionless story of ungodly length and apparently telling nothing.

| Jul 7, 2008

Plot in The Crowd is structured as the progression of a life, with all the undulations of ups and downs driven by the director's faith in human emotion.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 25, 2007

Throughout this subject Mr. Vidor shrewdly avoids the stereotyped conception of setting forth scenes, and in more than one case he uses his camera in an inspired fashion.

| Mar 25, 2006

The performances are absolutely flawless, and astonishing location work in the busy New York streets (including a giddy tour of Coney Island on a blind date) lends a gritty ring of truth to his intensely human odyssey.

Full Review | Feb 9, 2006

What's extraordinary is that what could have come off as a case study instead packs a consistently strong emotional punch.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000