The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Form is the argument.”
Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.
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A Place in the Sun
Drama · Romance · Crime · 1951
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
Movie details
A Place in the Sun
“Young people asking so much of life... taking so much of love!”
1951 Drama · Romance · Crime 2h 2m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
7.7 / 10
25.4K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
76 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
7.3 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over A Place in the Sun?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
George Stevens
Written by
Michael Wilson · Harry Brown
Montgomery Clift
George Eastman
Elizabeth Taylor
Angela Vickers
Shelley Winters
Alice Tripp
Anne Revere
Hannah Eastman
Keefe Brasselle
Earl Eastman
Fred Clark
Defense Attorney Bellows
Raymond Burr
District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe
Court is in session
Put A Place in the Sun on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.