The Servant
Landau Releasing Organization (LRO) | Release Date: March 16, 1964 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
94
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Total FilmPhilip Kemp
Losey creates an atmosphere of deepening claustrophobic menace shot through with episodes of savage black humour. Read full review
100
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
It is a brilliant, subversive account of class relations and the changing times. Read full review
100
Time Out LondonTom Huddleston
It’s one of the most insightful films ever made about the British class system. Read full review
100
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Glaciers might be melting, the polar caps might be crumbling, but not even the passage of half a century has taken the frozen edge off this brilliantly icy film. Read full review
100
CineVueLeigh Clark
Fox and Bogarde bounce sharp dialogue back and forth and are captivating as the psychosexual tension increases between them. Through subtle visual clues Losey artfully blurs sexual boundaries to create one of cinema’s most memorable relationships. Read full review
90
Village VoiceZachary Wigon
Mixing techniques as surely as it mixes class (graceful dolly shots are placed side by side with the handheld photography), the picture's clever formalist juxtapositions evoke the hysterical confusion of a culture in upheaval. Read full review
90
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
Its account of patrician degradation will cause you to blink your eyes. Although it is only fiction, it wafts a thick and acrid air of smoldering truth. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff [Not Credited]
The Servant is for the most part strong dramatic fare, though the atmosphere and tension is not fully sustained to the end. Read full review
60
EmpireAdam Smith
Certainly difficult to define, this period piece messes with genres, power relationships and your head. Read full review
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