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Bosley Crowther, New York Times: The film still has abundant meaning and should be fully and widely enjoyed. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: It looks pretty timorous now. Read more
Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly: Agreement was tame, cautious stuff even back then. Read more
Robert Hatch, The New Republic: By dispassionate critical standards, Gentleman's Agreement is not a success. It is a tract rather than a play and it has the crusader's shortcomings. Read more
Kate Cameron, New York Daily News: The words ring out with clarity from the Mayfair screen and there is no mistaking their meaning. They are not lost on the wind, but hit you full in the face, making you sit up and take notice of the force behind them. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The movie is as powerful today as when it captured the Best Picture Oscar a few years after Hitler's genocide ended in Europe. Read more
TIME Magazine: Gentleman's Agreement is an important experiment, honestly approached and successfully brought off. Read more