The Manchurian Candidate
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8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 34 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 34
  3. Negative: 2 out of 34

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Metascore
94 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Pauline Kael
    100
    It may be the most sophisticated political satire ever made in Hollywood. (As quoted by Roger Ebert)
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Bosley Crowther
    60
    The film is so artfully contrived, the plot so interestingly started, the dialogue so racy and sharp, and John Frankenheimer's direction so exciting in the style of Orson Welles when he was making Citizen Kane and other pictures that the fascination of it is strong. So many fine cinematic touches and action details pop up that one keeps wishing the subject would develop into something more than it does.
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  3. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    90
    The performances are daring and assured, especially Lansbury's holy terror of Momism and Harvey's snide, pathetic pawn, brainwashed by both KGB AND CIA. [21 March 1988, p.84]
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