Under the Volcano 1984

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Daring as it is to have brought Under the Volcano to the screen in this faithful but incomplete form, Mr. Huston has done so without making compromises in the process. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: As the tortured consul, Albert Finney has moments of technical brilliance, but Huston's direction gives him no inner life. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie belongs to Finney, but mention must be made of Jacqueline Bisset as his wife and Anthony Andrews as his half-brother. Read more

Time Out: Not for the purists, maybe, but the last half-hour, as Firmin plunges ever deeper into his self-created hell, leaves one shell-shocked. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Although this voyage into self-destruction won't be to the taste of many, there will be few unmoved by Finney's towering performance as the tragic Britisher. Read more