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86 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    100
    One of Coppola's very best.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    As he is played by Gene Hackman in The Conversation, an expert wiretapper named Harry Caul is one of the most affecting and tragic characters in the movies.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Angie Errigo
    100
    Another great, landmark American film of the '70s.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    90
    A major artistic asset to the film - besides script, direction and the top performances - is supervising editor Walter Murch's sound collage and re-recording.
  5. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Don Druker
    80
    Gene Hackman excels in Francis Ford Coppola's tasteful, incisive 1974 study of the awakening of conscience in an "electronic surveillance technician."
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Vincent Canby
    70
    Mr. Coppola, the writer as well as the director, has nearly succeeded in making a great film but has, instead, made one that is merely very good.
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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. nutterjr
    8
    Unravels through excellent sound and picture editing, superb acting from Gene Hackman, and of course Coppola; a true auteur of a director who during the same year also made the unforgettable Godfather II.… Full Review »
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