Cradle Will Rock

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Kevin S @RT78842023 Oct 4, 2025 This is a beautiful film with a great cast. Everyone has their own tastes but the negative reviews on this film seem to have been written by people who didn't watch it. It isn't about "putting on a show." That's just the plot device for the social commentary. I suspect the politics has turned off a lot of people (including many of the critics) who maybe watched half of the film and reflexively wrote a negative review. The film has a great mix of drama and even humorous elements, while portraying the political and social climate of the day, which has recurred in the US today. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Mar 7, 2025 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, o elenco é muito bom, mas nem um ajuda a melhorar o filme, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca e desinteressante, e o filme poderia ter melhorado em quase tudo no filme. See more Steve D @RT35616104 Sep 22, 2023 Great cast but nowhere near as clever as it thinks it is. See more Apr 15, 2016 In a word: "Disgusting". Not only is this film radically Marxist (even the Depression-era unions and FDR are depicted as selling out the workers as they march toward revolution!), but it's the most anti-Semitic film I ever recall seeing from a modern Hollywood production. Although the film's central hero, Marc Blitzstein, was of Jewish heritage as a matter of historical fact, that aspect of his heritage is never mentioned. The only references to Jews in "Cradle Will Rock" are a few gratuitous (i.e., completely unnecessary) mentions of Jews as friends of the lucripetous, rich characters and as friends of fascists, and in the person of Sarandon's character -- a sycophantic Jewish woman enamored with Mussolini who helps plunder Italy's cultural heritage (literally for bags of American cash!) and who implores Diego Rivera to compromise his art and Marxist ideology for Rockefeller cash. The apparent suggestion in "Cradle Will Rock" that Jews were complicit in their own persecution in the 1930's for the sake of money is disgusting, morally repugnant and wholly unworthy of the talent involved in this project. I am absolutely shocked and appalled at this film. Although I agree that the production values were better than average and the impressive all-star cast's acting was better than average (Caution: Sarandon's Italian accent and persona were of surprisingly low, street busking quality!), the film's radical Marxist and anti-Semitic messaging leave little option other than an extremely low score. Recommendation: Skip "Cradle Will Rock" unless you're a Marxist or neo-Nazi. See more Jun 22, 2015 A clash of artistic styles/movements--socialist realism (radical, revolutionary, populist, working-class), vaudeville (conservative, reactionary, populist), (neo-)classical (conservative, reactionary, elitist, ruling-class), and abstract--and their relation to the class struggle. See more Jun 25, 2013 Alas, Art is so Good, and Business is so Bad. But there is fun in thar if you ignore the point. See more Read all reviews

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