A Farewell to Arms

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A Farewell to Arms

Released Dec 14, 1957

2h 30m

Romance

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Based on the Ernest Hemingway novel, this World War I drama follows American soldier Lt. Frederick Henry (Rock Hudson) and his romance with a nurse, Catherine Barkley (Jennifer Jones). While fighting alongside the Italian army, Frederick is separated from Catherine, who is pregnant with his child. After helping locals escape to freedom, Frederick searches for Catherine while enemy forces hunt him across Italy. But Catherine's poor health may prevent Frederick from reaching her in time.

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TIME Magazine

What Hemingway wrote as an interlude of amorous flutes and distant drums, Producer David 0. Selznick has scored for brass.

Jan 23, 2013

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Philip Roth

The New Republic

Perhaps what is most irritating about the film is that too many times an exciting scene of Hemingway's is shucked out in favor of a distressingly inferior one invented (if I may indulge the Muse a moment) by Ben Hecht, who is responsible for the script.

Jan 23, 2013

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Variety Staff

Variety

Sweep and frankness alone don't make a great picture; and Farewell suffers from an overdose of both.

Mar 26, 2009

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André Bazin

L'Éducation Nationale

So A Farewell to Arms has become a "war movie." But if, forgetting for a moment the comparison with the novel, we judge it from this point of view, our reservations give way to a certain admiration.

Dec 8, 2021

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Clyde Gilmour

Maclean's Magazine

This long and often boring tearjerker is a disappointing remake of a 1932 film based on Ernest Hemingway's novel.

Nov 7, 2019

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Isabel Quigly

The Spectator

This attempt to make the audience feel what the lovers were feeling failed because even to the least experienced in love it was plainly an artificial and external alteration.

Jul 18, 2018

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Lanfranco C

At the end My opinion is that it is a rotten war movie and a too drammatic love story.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/18/24

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Victor T

Jennifer Jones makes this remake memorable. Cinematography is superb.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/16/23

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SICKS6SIX

I scored the original 90% this offering 9%, what a hash of a film if ever there was one, if you like the original you will hate this soapy floppy waste of film, Rock Hudson is terrible as is Co star, the story wanders around like a drunken soldier trying not to find a war, it is terrible,

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/19/22

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steve d

Pointless remake that has some good performances but pails in comparison to the original in every way.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

One of my all time favorite movies, especially in the romance genre. Great acting. The black and white adds to the allure. Since the longer movie is popular today, this will satisfy that "I wanted more" feeling. Get popcorn, a blanket and your lover and check it out.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

One of the earliest adaptations of Ernest Hemingway that was to be a sure fire success at the Box Office with Rock Hudson. The film definitely too long hand many great qualities & due to the Author experiencing much of this the story had real authenticity. The stories gets going half way & has many twists many tragic. Critics seemed to strongly dislike the film but I haven't seen the original 1930's version though.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Synopsis

Based on the Ernest Hemingway novel, this World War I drama follows American soldier Lt. Frederick Henry (Rock Hudson) and his romance with a nurse, Catherine Barkley (Jennifer Jones). While fighting alongside the Italian army, Frederick is separated from Catherine, who is pregnant with his child. After helping locals escape to freedom, Frederick searches for Catherine while enemy forces hunt him across Italy. But Catherine's poor health may prevent Frederick from reaching her in time.

Director: Charles Vidor
Producer: David O. Selznick
Screenwriter: Ernest Hemingway, Laurence Stallings, Ben Hecht
Production Co: The Selznick Studio
Genre: Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 14, 1957, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2011
Runtime: 2h 30m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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