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I enjoyed the movie very much. I like Gregory Peck. The movie was about a serious subject. We still have that problem today. It was thought provoking. All the characters seemed realistic. I'm sure that I'll watch it again. The DVD came as advertised. Full screen. In excellent condition. New.
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It's a good movie, but not great. It has unfortunately aged badly today, but its topic was very important back in the late 1940's. -Jonathan J. Costner/Filmmaker and viewer of films
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This movie was very much acclaimed when it was first released in 1947 and shows what anti-semitism was like in those days right after WW2. It was so acclaimed that it won the Academy Award for Best Picture. We cannot relate to that too much anymore because we have long gotten over discrimination toward Jews, but there is still much discrimination around. Phil Green (Greogry Peck) is a magazine writer, who is not Jewish but decides to pose as one to see how it feels. All kinds of disasters come his way. His son gets beaten up at school. He is denied lodging in a hotel. But the most devastating is the loss of support by his girlfriend and wannabe fiancee Kathy (Dorothy McGuire). She claims not to be anti-semetic, but she thinks that Phil is carrying the part too far. Especially when being a Jew keeps the couple from attaining the ideal home for the future in an exclusive neighborhood. This conflict eventually causes the two to part and creates an entrance for Anne (Celeste Holm) in an Academy Award nominated role. She would gladly be Phil's girlfriend. How the movie ends, I will not disclose. To feel its impact today, you would have to think about other forms of discrimination that are still present. Our government has enacted laws to protect people from discrimination in housing, using public facilities, and using public schools. But we still live in a country where not everyone has access to such things as marriage and health insurance. Think about it!Read full review
Before I saw this movie, I lived behind rose-colored glasses believing that in America such a thing as anti-Semitism never existed, and never could have. How wrong I was! I was astonished to find that this film actually broke wide open the hypocrisy of a nation (the United States), exposing hidden prejudice against those of Jewish extraction. Amazingly, the actors literally risked their careers to film such a controversial subject, and they all knew full well that they might never work again. They each believed so deeply in the film that they were willing to take that risk on the chance that perhaps they could make a difference. They did, and a great many years later the film remains a classic well worth watching, and even owning; I am very choosy about the movies I add to my personal library, and this is one of my favorites. Gregory Peck gives a marvelous and convincing performance as a reporter looking for a new angle for a magazine article on anti-Semitism. He finds it in posing as a Jew himself to find out first hand what it must be like to be Jewish and suffer prejudice, rejection and humiliation at the hands of ignorant, and sometimes even vicious, fellow citizens. His love interest as played by Dorothy McGuire is not quite as convincing in her supporting role; however, the rest of the cast more than made up for any shortcomings in the excellence of their own performances. It is often asked how one person can make a difference against the tide of prejudice, and this film answers that age-old question for anyone willing to take a stand in their own world. I highly recommend this film as an example of what anyone can do to stand up to the "lions of injustice."Read full review
I hadn't seen this movie for years and I remembered it being interesting, there was a good price- so I purchased it. It still remains interesting, but I agree with the reviewer that the supporting cast outshines the stars because the writing for the leads is stiff. This is a fine "put yourself in another's shoes" movie and will therefore always be relevant. It is certainly worth watching from time to time even if it doesn't reach perfection.
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