Ryan's Daughter 1970

Vincent Canby, New York Times: It doesn't transfigure the world. It embalms it. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: It's insanely overproduced in Lean's standard epic style, yet somehow the crazy mismatches in scale contribute to the film's sense of romantic delirium. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A disappointing failure of tone, a lush and overblown self-indulgence in which David Lean has given us a great deal less than meets the eye. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: An awe-inspiringly tedious lump of soggy romanticism. Read more

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Variety Staff, Variety: Overlength of perhaps 30 minutes serves to magnify some weaknesses of Robert Bolt's original screenplay, to dissipate the impact of the performances, and to overwhelm outstanding photography and production. Read more