Crimson Gold Image
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Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: A murder and a suicide occur early one morning in a jewelry store. Behind this headline lies the story of a desperate man's feelings of humiliation in a world of social injustice.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
  2. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. It's a troubling, courageous, compulsively watchable work of art.
  2. An engrossing tale of class differences that reveals tiny details of one man’s descent into hell.
  3. 80
    The result is the work of a funereal yet darkly funny neorealist, sounding the rallying cry against the inflexible maxim casually delivered by one of his own film's characters.
  4. Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    60
    Though it unfolds like a thriller, it's ultimately a tragedy.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2