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User Comments for: The Stranger

christopher_brink says...
11 years ago
Not Welles's best, but worth watching.
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Leco says...
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9 years ago
It's not amazing, but still fairly enjoyable.

It was the second time I've watched it and this time I tried to analyze it a bit more. The antagonist here has a dark and heavy background, straight out of a twisted mind, but this isn't very well represented in his hiding days... so that's definitely a bummer.
Edward Robinson may not be at his best, but I still enjoyed seeing him on-screen.

And a lot of times, we can just sit back and appreciate the fair amount of great shots, the light, the composition... very good B&W photography.

All in all, I like it. And I'd watch it again.
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soonertbone says...
4 months ago
An odd picture--distinctly Wellesian touches throughout (camera movement, angles, depth of focus), but used in the service of an otherwise ho-hum (and often quite ridiculous) story about Nazi-hunting in small-town America. I'm not usually one to harp on plot implausibilities, but they stack up here in a distracting way because the movie is plot-forward and has little else going on. Historically interesting though, to see this happening just a year after the war ended.
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Mr. DuLac says...
3 years ago
Apparently, this is Orson Welles’ least favorite movie from this particular director. What does he know? I like it quite a bit.
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Max.Renn says...
one year ago
Nice noir film that expresses well the fears of infiltration of Nazi criminals in the respectable American society of that time.
Good cinematography, good pace and enjoyable performaces of Robinson and Welles.
Most interesting is the character of Mary, the unsuspecting wife of nazi general Frank Kindler who is torn between standing up for her husband or working with the police to arrest him.
I think a remake that explores the theme of the fascination of evil even more courageously without the constraints of the moral code of that time would be interesting.
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sophiemanic says...
3 years ago
This movie was ok…Orsen Wells is hard to take your eyes off of
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OMEGANCQ says...
5 years ago
I know it maybe too much to ask, but the characters all fell a little flat at times, especially Kindler - he is way too dumb for a Nazi mastermind. Still, decent movie, goofy fun, enjoyed it nonetheless.
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