It's Dean who remains most memorable, and his heartfelt portrayal epitomised his tragically short career.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 30, 2024

... the ultimate expression of teen alienation in an adult world of its era.... [James] Dean’s wound-up performances and stumbling delivery perfectly captures the flailing desperation of an adolescent searching for a role model.

| Aug 19, 2023

A superb study of teen angst that still retains its power despite the number of inferior rip-offs that followed in its wake.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 27, 2023

Rebel Without a Cause has withstood the test of time and remains one of the best films about teenagers in cinematic history.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 18, 2023

This film is considered a classic, its themes timeless and executed by short-lived talents such as James Dean and Natalie Wood. Now, for the first time, Warner Bros. Pictures is releasing Rebel on 4K UHD with High Dynamic Range ...

| Apr 12, 2023

Rebel Without a Cause remains an entertaining classic even after nearly 70 years thanks to its intriguing themes and stunning performances.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 5, 2023

“Rebel” is one of those classic films that defines a generation and will define many to come.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 7, 2023

This influential, beloved misunderstood-youth classic is essentially a Freudian western, with switchblades replacing six-guns.

| Original Score: A | Nov 29, 2022

Rebel Without a Cause settles a number of questions regarding Dean's capacities as an actor. Working more or less on his own, without benefit of Kazan's rigid control, Dean gave a performance which dominated the film.

| Jun 7, 2022

Nicholas Ray is the best current American director. Nobody can doubt it after seeing Rebel without a Cause, a heart-rending film in which James Dean repeats, while expanding upon it, his surprising achievement in East of Eden.

| May 6, 2022

Rebel Without a Cause stands as a potent expression of teen angst still vital today.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 14, 2022

Johnny Guitar was the first movie of his to make me reconsider the tempering of my esteem and to make me think that the Nicholas Ray fanatics were right. After Rebel Without a Cause, there can no longer be any doubt about it.

| Dec 8, 2021

...an overwrought, unconvincing endeavor...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 8, 2021

No other director knows how to give his characters so clearly the air of having a common genealogy. They are marked with the seal of the same fate, the same moral or physical disease that is not quite taint or decay.

| Feb 1, 2021

To audiences who don't immediately connect with the rebellion and delinquency, the film becomes little more than an annoyingly blatant message about teenage defiance.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Aug 23, 2020

Possum's evocation of wrongness, that unbalancing feeling that something is off -- if only you could put your finger on it -- lingers long.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2018

It contains some extraordinarily good acting by the late James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo. The direction by Nicholas Ray is outstanding... This is a superficial treatment of a vital problem that has been staged brilliantly.

| Oct 30, 2018

With his slicked-up quiff, turned-up jeans and revved-up attitude, Dean instantly achieved icon status.

| Dec 31, 2017

Looks and sounds so good it makes your heart thump.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 18, 2014

Nicholas Ray's 1955 film extends sympathy to all its characters, not just the kids, though the central trio of Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo focus our emotions.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 14, 2014