Angel Face 1953

Critics score:
80 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

New York Times: A capable cast, headed by Jean Simmons and Robert Mitchum, and a nice, taut story idea have been set adrift in a pretentious Freudian mist that wafts through the handsomely mounted proceedings with disastrous results. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The sets, characters, and actions are extremely stylized, yet Preminger's moving camera gives them a frightening unity and fluidity, tracing a straight, clean line to a cliff top for one of the most audacious endings in film history. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Superb Freudian crime thriller, noir-inflected in theme but shot by and large in crisp, bright drawing-rooms. Read more

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