Since Ford’s father was born in Co Galway and his mother on the island of Inishmore, and since this is such an enjoyable piece of nonsense, he gets a pass for this depiction of the country as a nation of loveable, blarney-spouting, brawling drunks.

| May 8, 2024

The Quiet Man is John Ford's best picture since The Informer, but much, much funnier.

| Jul 24, 2019

As much an anthropological adventure as a romantic rhapsody.

| Dec 5, 2016

Old-fashioned charmer for the family.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2010

This is a robust romantic drama of a native-born's return to Ireland. Director John Ford took cast and cameras to Ireland to tell the story [by Maurice Walsh] against actual backgrounds.

| Mar 11, 2008

Ideal Sunday afternoon fare.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 11, 2008

John Ford's 1952 Oscar winner is a tribute to an Ireland that exists only in the imaginations of songwriters and poets like Ford.

| Mar 11, 2008

The illusion/reality theme underlying immigrant boxer Wayne's return from America to County Galway is soon swamped within a vibrant community of stage-Irish 'types'.

| Jun 24, 2006

Let's face it. Mr. Ford is in love with Ireland, as is his cast, and they give us a fine, gay time while they're about it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 20, 2003

This John Ford love song to the mythic Ireland of drunken blarney and sassy lasses is also one of the master's greatest.

| Jul 25, 2001

Wayne and O'Hara create a fine rapport, with good performances that build to a truly satisfying climax.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 17, 2001