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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New York Daily NewsKate CameronNew York Daily NewsKate CameronA faithful and beautifully impressive transition to the screen of Robert Bolt's superb historical play.
- 90The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherA Man for All Seasons is a picture that inspires admiration, courage and thought.
- 80VarietyA.D. MurphyVarietyA.D. MurphyProducer-director Fred Zinnemann has blended all filmmaking elements into an excellent, handsome and stirring film version of A Man For All Seasons.
- 80TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineDirector Zinnemann never allows his primarily stage-trained actors to indulge in theatrical over-emoting. This absorbing film features inventive camerawork and superior production values.
- This 1966 drama ticks most of the right boxes when it comes to entertaining as well as educating.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliA Man for All Seasons offers an engaging, if somewhat dry, history lesson leavened with enough low-key drollness and powerful acting to keep it from ever becoming boring.
- 60EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanPrestigious, well turned out piece of British historical drama with enough genuine intrigue and wit to persuade some audiences they aren't watching a history lesson.
- 60The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelTasteful and moderately enjoyable.
- 50Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrRobert Bolt's boring historical drama functions best as an anthology of British acting styles, circa 1966.