Conrack 1974

Nora Sayre, New York Times: Despite Mr. Voight's skill, the teacher's character never jells. Read more

Don Druker, Chicago Reader: It misses by less than a mile, but it misses. Read more

Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: The spirit behind Conrack is so relentlessly idealistic in tone and uplifting in intent that one feels vaguely guilty for not responding to the film generously and forgivingly. Read more

Time Out: The potentially dubious aspects of the subject are mostly exorcised, in part by a strong script (adapted from the book by real-life teacher Pat Conroy), but largely by the engaging and persuasive performance Ritt draws from Voight. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Few will totally resist the surefire appeal of this latest variation on Pygmalion mythology. Read more