Comments on: Past Movie Reviews/Reactions

Question: Past Movie Reviews/Reactions

hermitosis — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:00:10 -0800

Are there good online resources where you can go to find out how movies were received when they came out? Collections of criticism and/or public reaction?

By: phatkitten

phatkitten — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:06:31 -0800

Rotten Tomatoes

By: pdb

pdb — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:08:14 -0800

rottentomatoes is a good source for collected criticism; I'm not sure how far back their database goes but they're the first place I turn to. Not sure about public reaction-type sites.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:11:14 -0800

Okay, I wasn't clear. I mean like in the PAST. Criticism and reaction from 1973 when "The Wicker Man" came out. What people had to say about "Fatal Attraction" THEN. Not movies in the recent past, and not what they are saying now about any of them.

By: FlamingBore

FlamingBore — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:16:06 -0800

IMDB has an "external reviews" link for the films listed. For instance Wizard of Oz has a link to a review from the 1949 reissue that was published in Time. Specifically for Wicker Man there is a Variety link from 73.

By: occhiblu

occhiblu — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:18:52 -0800

The NYT movie reviews go back pretty far. This list of Top 1,000 Films has some dating from the 30s.

By: triggerfinger

triggerfinger — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:20:02 -0800

The New York Times has archived of all of its movie reviews back to 1960.

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:22:08 -0800

Roger Ebert's reviews go back pretty far. I just finished reading his review of "Hour of the Wolf" from 1968, moments ago.

By: Muffpub

Muffpub — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:36:24 -0800

Metacritic is useful, but only goes back a few years.

By: NotMyselfRightNow

NotMyselfRightNow — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:21:48 -0800

Movie Review Query Engine

By: thomas j wise

thomas j wise — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:36:37 -0800

Variety has all of its old film reviews archived in hardcopy as Variety Film Reviews (they've been digitizing everything on their site, though); a decent-sized college library should have a run. See also Film Review Annual. The Magill's series on cinema includes summaries of contemporary reception, IIRC.