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Overall Grade: D+
Story: D+
Acting: D+
Direction: D+
Visuals: D+
Beware!! the Critics loved this...terrible
by republicansROck (movies profile) (Mar 18, 2007)
15 of 25 people found this review helpful
I just had a feeling it wouldn't be too good usually when the critics rave about somehting you know there is a problem. The origianl was Great, not that I am so old I rem... Full Review

Overall Grade: F
Story: F
Acting: D-
Direction: D-
Visuals: C
Manchurian (Soros) Candidate Kerry!
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Mar 18, 2007)
13 of 21 people found this review helpful
Scary because this is really happening today. War hero (Kerry from Vietnam which is closer to Manchuria versus Gulf War) is brainwashed by multinational business intere... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: A-
Acting: A-
Direction: B
Visuals: B+
Thrilling
by Josh (movies profile) (Jan 1, 2006)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
This movie feels so real, it could happen, with a bastard Prez like George Bush. It also came out at the time it had to, to hit big, like the original.  

Overall Grade: A
Story: N/A
Acting: N/A
Direction: N/A
Visuals: N/A
Surprisingly Solid Political Remake
by Timothy (movies profile) (Jun 4, 2005)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
One thing I wish to note before reviewing "The Manchurian Candidate" is that I have not seen the original version. I know this seems like a crime. Especially since I am... Full Review

Overall Grade: F
Story: F
Acting: D-
Direction: F
Visuals: F
Why I have a headache this morning
by J (movies profile) (Jan 18, 2005)
8 of 12 people found this review helpful
Unfortunately it's not from a hangover but rather from sitting through a late showing of The Manchurian Candidate. While I never saw the original, I heard that it was a... Full Review

Overall Grade: C
Story: C
Acting: C+
Direction: C
Visuals: C
Meryl Streep Ain't No Angela Lansbury!
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Aug 22, 2006)
7 of 10 people found this review helpful
I thought this movie had a good chance of impressing me until I saw Streep's lackluster, flat, pitiful shot at playing a Washington power broker. She had one moment that... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A+
Acting: B+
Direction: A
Visuals: B
What is the moral in this movie ?
by amed (movies profile) (Aug 15, 2004)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
The 50's was a time for witch haunt and paranoia in USA,in 1962 The Manchurian Candidate starring Frank Sinatra describes the times of convulsion in USA politics,and the... Full Review

Overall Grade: B
Story: B
Acting: B
Direction: B
Visuals: N/A
So-So
by The BiggestFan (movies profile) (Aug 15, 2004)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Does a soldier follow what he is told to do by his superiors? Does a soldier who is under mind control do what he is told to do by his superiors? The answer to both quest... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: B
Acting: A-
Direction: B+
Visuals: B+
Okay...buy not a DVD I would buy...
by K (movies profile) (Sep 4, 2006)
19 of 35 people found this review helpful
This was a very good movie for entertainment - I enjoyed it and made you wonder about some things... But it was lacking that "wow" feel that I thought this movie would co... Full Review

Overall Grade: F
Story: F
Acting: F
Direction: F
Visuals: F
AND HOLLYWOOD IS NOT BIG BUSINESS?
by NotComingHome (movies profile) (Mar 18, 2007)
12 of 21 people found this review helpful
Another typical tear into corporate America by the hollywood left. They seem to think they are not in bed with "big business". The movie is a feeble attempt to try and sw... Full Review
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