The Manchurian Candidate Review |
by Ryan Ellis |
Who ordered the unnecessary remake? Extra ham, extra cheese, hold the
respect for a classic. Okay, I'm just one more critic shouting, "Come up
with new ideas, Hollywood". It doesn't have to be that way, though. A better
idea would be to remake...more |
The Manchurian Candidate Review |
by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4) |
Behind every decorated Gulf War veteran with an implant in his back
there's
a mind-controlling mother of a congressman with a nefarious hidden agenda.
Jonathan Demme's attention-grabbing remake of the John Frankenheimer classic
stars Denzel...more |
The Manchurian Candidate Review |
by Matt Noller (Rating: 2/4) |
The original Manchurian Candidate is reportedly a masterpiece. I say
reportedly because I haven't seen it, and am unable to report on its
quality. A lot of people have complained about the film being remade, that
such an act would reduce the original...more |
The Manchurian Candidate Review |
by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10) |
PLOT:
It's 1991 and an American military division fighting in Desert Storm is
ambushed. Flash-forward to the present day and the man who supposedly saved the
unit that day, Raymond Shaw, is the vice-presidential candidate of the Unites
States. That is,...more |
The Manchurian Candidate Review |
by Jonathan F. Richards |
Coming as it does on the heels of one political convention, and amidst the
feverish anticipation of another, Jonathan Demme's The Manchurian Candidate
strikes an intriguingly bipartisan note. It hammers the endless evocation of
John Kerry's combat...more |
The Manchurian Candidate Review |
by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 2.5/4) |
I find remakes fascinating. If I didn't, I wouldn't have seen Gus Van Sant's
reprehensible "Psycho" or the abysmal redo of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
Remaking the John Frankenheimer classic, "The Manchurian Candidate," seems
almost sacrilegous....more |
The Manchurian Candidate Review |
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 2/4) |
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004) 2 stars out of 4. Starring Denzel Washington,
Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright, Ted
Levine,
Bruno Ganz, Simon McBurney and Vera Farmiga. Director of photography Tal
Fujimoto....more |
The Manchurian Candidate Review |
by Susan Granger (Rating: 9/10) |
Susan Granger's review of "The Manchurian Candidate" (Paramount Pictures)
Back in 1962, when John Frankenheimer originally made this thriller, it
was about a group of captive US soldiers who were brainwashed during the Korean
War. In this timely...more |
The Manchurian Candidate Review |
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B+) |
In 1962, director John Frankenheimer brought to
cinematic life Richard Condon's novel about
brainwashing, Communist conspiracy and presidential
assassination. Many consider that earlier film to be a
classic and filmmaker Jonathan Demme has some...more |
The Manchurian Candidate Review |
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4) |
Jonathan Demme's THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE is a gripping and intelligent
thriller that has both an immediacy and a timelessness. It is set at a time
when terrorists' attacks in the world have become so commonplace that they've
almost become background...more |