The Eagle and the Hawk

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Matthew D The brilliance of this movie is how it makes you experience the disillusionment felt by Fredric March's character. Treating you to humorous banter and exiting action scenes before hitting you with the harsh realities of war. The ending is one of the most chilling and memerable in movie history! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/25/25 Full Review Steve D Only notable for the cast. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/03/23 Full Review Audience Member A classic from the early days of the talkies, pairing Academy Award winning actor Frederic March and the young Cary Grant. The plot hits home about the absurdity of war (during World War I days). Granted, some wars are necessary (World War II), but has any war since that time been necessary to fight given our technology? March can no longer take the bright and baby faced 18 year olds who come, innocently and stupidly, to the slaughter. The kids are naive, doe-eyed, and lacking the necessary perspective to understand they will be slaughtered. Just like in any war, it is the babies -- the 18 year olds -- that are sacrificed in monumental numbers without ever being mourned. March understands this and can no longer live knowing it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review ashley h The Eagle and the Hawk is a decent film. It is about a British WWI flying ace suffering from emotional fatigue. Fredric March and Cary Grant give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Stuart Walker did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the action and drama. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Gritty & very human response to being caught in the thick of war, surviving day by day as few of those fresh, young faces you meet each week survive into the next week. The emotional turmoil depicted here is just as great as in Apocalypse Now or Hamburger Hill. Though this is an anti-war film from 1933, and these costs of war were fresh in the minds of many WWI veterans; the second world war would soon become inevitable a mere 5 years later. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A fairly decent movie with good acting, but the whole message wasn't too great, especially the ending. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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