The Manchurian Candidate Reviews

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Susan Granger's review of "The Manchurian Candidate" (Paramount Pictures) Back in 1962, when John Frankenheimer originally made this thriller, it was about a group of captive US soldiers who were brainwashed during the Korean War.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