Movie Information
Overall Rank: 1561
Average Rating: 3/4
# of Ratings: 45
Theatrical Release Date: 08/13/1947
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 07/20/2010
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Actors: Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons, David Farrar, May Hallatt, Jenny Laird
Plot: A young nun is promoted to Mother Superior of a convent in the mountains of an Asian country. She may, or may not, make it through the year. -- sapien
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Rating of
3.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 11/19/2023
The groundbreaking and still influential "Black Narcissus" exposes the limitations of holy vows under the most extreme circumstances, and its breathtaking art direction still holds up even if all its melodrama doesn't.
Rating of
1.5/4
Yojimbo - wrote on 10/20/2012
Beautifully shot but ridiculously dated melodrama about nuns resisting temptation in the form of roguish David Farrar amidst the quaint and "child-like" natives who "all look alike". Worth watching for the visuals (many shots seem like a framed oil painting) but the hysterical melodrama and stodgy dialogue will put many (myself included) off.
Rating of
2/4
sapien - wrote on 09/04/2012
The racism was a little too thick for my tastes. But, the plot was somewhat interesting. And, the scenery was amazing!
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