A Streetcar Named Desire 1951

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Inner torments are seldom projected with such sensitivity and clarity on the screen. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: ...if the hothouse style was ever justified, this is the occasion. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Despite the overwhelming power of Brando's performance, Streetcar is one of the great ensemble pieces in the movies. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: ...Kazan achieves a sort of theatrical intensity in which the sweaty realism sometimes clashes awkwardly with the stylisation that heightens the dialogue into a kind of poetry. Read more

Variety: The camera has done greater justice to the Williams play, catching the nuances and reflected tragedy with an intimacy that is so vital in a story of this type. Read more

Lloyd Rose, Washington Post: Brando's performance as Stanley is one of those rare screen legends that are all they're cracked up to be. Read more