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  • 1982
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 1982
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 48 m
The Chosen

Summary In 1944, in Brooklyn, two Jewish kids become friends. One is from a very conservative family, and the other is more liberal. The issues of importance of tradition, parental expectations and the formation of Israel cause constant friction.

Directed By: Jeremy Kagan

Written By: Chaim Potok, Edwin Gordon, Jeremy Kagan

  • 1982
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 1982
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 48 m

The Chosen

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary In 1944, in Brooklyn, two Jewish kids become friends. One is from a very conservative family, and the other is more liberal. The issues of importance of tradition, parental expectations and the formation of Israel cause constant friction.

Directed By: Jeremy Kagan

Written By: Chaim Potok, Edwin Gordon, Jeremy Kagan

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
66
78% Positive
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
66
78% Positive
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Director Kagan and writer Gordon do wonders with the poignant material. Despite the obvious ethnic slant this is a picture which communicates universally.
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75
These are small subjects here, and intimate ones, and they are handled with great warmth. [27 May 1982, p.B5]
By Bill Cosford FULL REVIEW
70
What destinguishes the film is the intensity of the performances, with Steiger giving one of his perhaps over-familiar but still compulsive portrayals of an obstinate man beset by problems which render him almost but not quite paralysed. Those who admired him in The Pawnbroker will do so again in full measure. [27 Jun 1982]
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70
Certainly, this is a gently evocative movie, with its glimpses of a strict and self-contained culture, and its memories of a time gone by.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
67
Considered as a whole, The Chosen is indeed a maverick movie, depicting its characters and their milieu with restraint and respect. Yet it doesn't measure up to the fine Chaim Potok novel it takes its story from.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
60
Potent and simmering if sometimes a little overstated, THE CHOSEN manages to elicit a tolerable and appropriate performance from the generally emetic Benson.
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50
A worthy but irretrievably dull homily (based on the novel by Chaim Potok) about the conflict between adolescent friendship - two Jewish boys, one orthodox and Zionist, the other a Hasidic - and filial devotion within the demands of the faith.
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Production Company Chosen Film Company
Release Date Apr 30, 1982
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating PG
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Tagline One boy. Two worlds. A time to choose.
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Awards

Montréal World Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Paris Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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