The Fixer

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The Fixer

PG-13

1968

2h 12m

Drama

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Based on the acclaimed Bernard Malamud novel of the same name, this drama finds Yakov Bok (Alan Bates), a Jewish handyman, wrongly imprisoned and accused of murder by the Russian Empire. As Bok struggles to deal with life in jail, his unsympathetic captors only make his existence harder as they cruelly press him for a confession to a crime that he did not commit. With nothing but time on his hands, Bok contemplates his existence and tries to come to terms with his bleak situation.

Philip Strick

Sight & Sound

03/31/2020

If [director] John Frankenheimer occasionally shows uncharacteristic signs of letting the story ride along as best it can, [Alan] Bates ensures that it never loses its force.

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Renata Adler

New York Times

05/09/2005

"The Fixer" is not equal to the dignity of the case is that the movie is such an unremittingly. unenlighteningly depressing experience.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

10/23/2004

2.5/4

What were needed were fewer self-conscious humanistic speeches, less articulate nobility, and more of the real experience.

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Robert Kotlowitz

Harper's Magazine

08/11/2020

In the face of Frankenheimer's beautiful intentions it is really awful to have to say that The Fixer is a high-minded, monotonous drone.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

12/30/2014

B-

I came away admiring only the acting.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

04/25/2011

C+

Alan Bates received an Oscar nomination (his only one) for this mediocre version of the famous novel.

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Felix B

Feb 15

Probably the worst British series I have ever watched because of the director and not the actors. They were great but there were too many dumb mistakes that killed the series, mostly in the second season.

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delysid d

12/07/2020

this is a great film, other reviews here should get back to watching hunger games

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steve d

07/17/2020

Really bleak but really well acted.

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06/09/2013

Excellent film, above all Alan Bates acting.

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12/14/2009

This is "The Fixer" who didn't know he had courage...until courage was all he had left.

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08/24/2009

Boring for the most part.

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Synopsis

Based on the acclaimed Bernard Malamud novel of the same name, this drama finds Yakov Bok (Alan Bates), a Jewish handyman, wrongly imprisoned and accused of murder by the Russian Empire. As Bok struggles to deal with life in jail, his unsympathetic captors only make his existence harder as they cruelly press him for a confession to a crime that he did not commit. With nothing but time on his hands, Bok contemplates his existence and tries to come to terms with his bleak situation.

Director: John Frankenheimer
Screenwriter: Dalton Trumbo
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 8, 1968, Original
Runtime: 2h 12m