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Pollyanna

Pollyanna

Comedy · Drama · Family · 1960

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.

Movie details

Pollyanna

1960 Comedy · Drama · Family 2h 14m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.4 / 10

11.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

85 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

66 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.

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 Pollyanna?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

David Swift

Written by

David Swift

Hayley Mills

Hayley Mills

Pollyanna

Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman

Aunt Polly

Richard Egan

Richard Egan

Dr. Edmond Chilton

Karl Malden

Karl Malden

Reverend Paul Ford

Nancy Olson

Nancy Olson

Nancy Furman

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Mr. Pendergast

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Mayor Karl Warren

Court is in session

Put Pollyanna on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.