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Peter Freedman

Peter Freedman's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Hope and Glory (1987) 96% 5/5 EDIT “Sebastian Rice-Edwards gives an extraordinarily confident performance in the lead role, and he's matched by Geraldine Muir, playing his five-year-old sister. ” – Radio Times Jul 31, 2024 Full Review The Sea Hawk (1940) 94% 4/5 EDIT “This rip-roaring adventure yarn was made at lavish expense, and, as they say, it all shows up there on the screen. ” – Radio Times Apr 4, 2024 Full Review Butterfield 8 (1960) 47% 2/5 EDIT “Elizabeth Taylor's Oscar-winning performance as an up-market whore with a heart is the chief, if not only, interest of this otherwise weak and dated drama.” – Radio Times Sep 9, 2020 Full Review Harlem Nights (1989) 27% 2/5 EDIT “The plan was to make a latter-day version of a 1930s gangster movie; the result has some nifty costumes, luscious sets and neat music, but, on almost every other count, it's a mess.” – Radio Times Mar 26, 2019 Full Review Wuthering Heights (1939) 96% 5/5 EDIT “Had there also been an Oscar for best smouldering, Olivier would have walked it.” – Radio Times May 8, 2018 Full Review Grease (1978) 65% 4/5 EDIT “It succeeds...thanks to some toe-tapping numbers, sprightly hoofing and slick performances, not least by Stockard Channing as the most unruly teenager in town.” – Radio Times Apr 20, 2018 Full Review Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) 90% 3/5 EDIT “The film is distinctive for being Hollywood's first Vietnam comedy and among the first movies to treat the Vietnamese themselves as real people.” – Radio Times Jul 26, 2017 Full Review Big (1988) 98% 4/5 EDIT “Big may well be a formula fantasy movie, but Penny Marshall's polished direction combined with Hanks's gauche charm make it the best of the spate of body-swap movies turned out by Hollywood in the late 1980s.” – Radio Times Aug 11, 2014 Full Review Queen Christina (1933) 81% 4/5 EDIT “Not a pacey film, but, overall, almost as beautiful as Garbo herself, who, in the end, makes the picture.” – Radio Times Jun 24, 2014 Full Review The Rules of the Game (1939) 97% 5/5 EDIT “The film may not suit all tastes, but its insight and humanity is undeniable.” – Radio Times Jun 3, 2014 Full Review Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) 76% 4/5 EDIT “Essentially a story about friendship between two pairs of women, then and now, it could be classified as an intelligent woman's picture, but this truly uplifting and gratifying movie can and should be enjoyed by all.” – Radio Times Jun 2, 2014 Full Review Drop Dead Fred (1991) 11% 2/5 EDIT “It's particularly irritating if you've seen the much better Harvey.” – Radio Times May 5, 2014 Full Review The Lawnmower Man (1992) 35% 3/5 EDIT “The once eye-popping special effects are the real attraction of this science-fiction tale.” – Radio Times Apr 1, 2014 Full Review About Last Night ... (1986) 65% 3/5 EDIT “Lowe and Moore do well as the on-again, off-again partners, although it is James Belushi, in an over-the-top supporting performance his brother John would have been proud of, who all but walks off with the show.” – Radio Times Feb 12, 2014 Full Review Ben-Hur (1959) 87% 5/5 EDIT “Some critics believe that William Wyler's box-office smash is no match for the 1925 silent version, but there's no denying that the race that forms the famous climax is one of the most iconic sequences in Hollywood history.” – Radio Times Feb 12, 2014 Full Review Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 96% 4/5 EDIT “[A] lavish and stirring adventure on the high seas.” – Radio Times Jan 27, 2014 Full Review The Spy in Black (1939) 100% 3/5 EDIT “Strong writing combines with striking cinematography and talented direction to make this a satisfying entertainment.” – Radio Times Jan 18, 2013 Full Review Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 99% 5/5 EDIT “Providing a romanticised but still uplifting depiction of life in St Louis at the beginning of the 20th century, this may be a tale that only works against the backdrop of a more innocent age, but it's delightful, and too good to miss.” – Radio Times Dec 15, 2011 Full Review Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932) 100% 4/5 EDIT “It's a neat idea, executed to fine comic effect thanks mainly to a larger-than-life performance from the great French character actor, Michel Simon.” – Radio Times Dec 16, 2010 Full Review
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