It was as much undervalued and misunderstood as the films Douglas Sirk was making at the time.
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10/23/07
Bigger Than Life (1956)
92 %
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Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 12
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Genre: Comedies
Starring: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon
Director: Nicholas Ray
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Reviews for Bigger Than Life
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James Mason has picked a powerful subject for his first 20th-Fox production and delivers it with quite a bit of dramatic distinction in carrying out the supervisory duties and as the male lead.
10/23/07
Top Critic It's hard to think of another Hollywood picture with more to say about the sheer awfulness of 'normal' American family life during the 50s.
10/23/07
Top Critic
Jean-Luc Godard ranked this among the finest US films ever made. Recommendation enough.
12/30/06
Those who remember the creeping terror and eeriness of Mr. Roueché's real-life yarn will be sorry to learn that there is little terror or eeriness in the film.
06/24/06
Top Critic A heady assault on the repression, complacency and frustration of 1950s America.
06/24/06
The house perfectly reflects and strains against Mason's masterful performance as the good-natured man turned bad.
06/24/06
This is an outstanding movie, remarkable for its seriousness and daring.
06/24/06
A superbly shot critique of the suffocating conformity, repression and materialism at the heart of middle-class life.
06/24/06
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