John Hurt leads Oscar-nominated director Michael Radford's take on George Orwell's classic novel of a totalitarian future society, where everyday...
John Hurt leads Oscar-nominated director Michael Radford's take on George Orwell's classic novel of a totalitarian future society, where everyday workers are constantly observed by the ruling government who rule with an iron fist.
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75 %32 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
71 %56,311 reviewsAudience score rating
"The 1954 film version of Orwell's novel turned it into a cautionary, simplistic science-fiction tale. This version penetrates much more deeply into the novel's heart of darkness."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"A solidly made, sternly acted, and faithful realisation of the distopian novel."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"The performances in the film are excellent, and its look is entirely appropriate and mesmerizing--but only for a while. The film's basic flaw is that it's just too painful, too depressing, and too slow to watch."
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TV Guide
TV Guide"In this unremitting downer, writer-director Michael Radford introduces no touches of comedy or facile sensationalism to soften a harsh depiction of life under a totalitarian system as imagined by George Orwell in 1948."
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Variety
Variety1984 | Details
- Rating
- M, Moderate violence, Moderate sex scenes
- Runtime
- 113
- Genre
- Drama, Science Fiction
- Country of origin
- UK
