This 1966 drama ticks most of the right boxes when it comes to entertaining as well as educating.
A Man for All Seasons
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United Kingdom · 1966
Rated G · 2h 0m
Director Fred Zinnemann
Starring Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw
Genre Drama, History
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The Best Picture winning biopic of the life of the legendary Sir Thomas More. When Henry VIII proclaims himself head of the Church of England, Sir Thomas More stands up in opposition to the heretic King even though he knows he risks his own life in doing so.
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Producer-director Fred Zinnemann has blended all filmmaking elements into an excellent, handsome and stirring film version of A Man For All Seasons.
The New York Times by Bosley Crowther
A Man for All Seasons is a picture that inspires admiration, courage and thought.
Robert Bolt's boring historical drama functions best as an anthology of British acting styles, circa 1966.
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
A Man for All Seasons offers an engaging, if somewhat dry, history lesson leavened with enough low-key drollness and powerful acting to keep it from ever becoming boring.
New York Daily News by Kate Cameron
A faithful and beautifully impressive transition to the screen of Robert Bolt's superb historical play.
Prestigious, well turned out piece of British historical drama with enough genuine intrigue and wit to persuade some audiences they aren't watching a history lesson.
The New Yorker by Pauline Kael
Tasteful and moderately enjoyable.
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