Rotten Tomatoes

Movies / TV

    Celebrity

      No Results Found

       View All       Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

      The Arrow

      1945 1h 30m Drama Romance List
      Reviews Read More Read Less

      Audience Reviews

      View All (0) audience reviews
      Audience Member sad saga in Canadian history....should be mandatory viewing in our schools...well done with a good cast....what could have been! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a semi fictional made for tv movie based on the Canadian Avro Arrow. The world's first supersonic aircraft. I have read the story of the Arrow many times. During the height of the Cold War, Canada seeks to replace it's CF-100 interceptors to defend their Arctic airspace. The aircraft that they need is something so advanced that every aircraft company have turned down the contract. Minister of everything C.D Howe convinces the heads of the Canadian air force to consider Avro Aircraft. At first they say its impossible, but principle engineer Jim Chamberland comes up with a delta wing design for the aircraft. The Arrow is a well made docu-drama, and it does bring to light a lot of facts from the story. But obviously it was changed slightly to make the film more dramatic. The cast is a pretty good one, but considering the talent involved, the cast could have been better with a better script. The Avro Arrow was the most advanced aircraft in the world it was designed to intercept Russian bombers and destroy them. In the film, we get a good look at every step of the Arrow program from the optimistic beginnings to the poignant. The Arrow is a fine made for TV movie that dramatizes these events. The Arrow was the finest aircraft every made, when we Canadians designed and built it, we were 20 years ahead everyone else. Unfortunately for The Arrow, the political issues where a big speed bump for the project, and the plane never entered service. We get a glimpse of Diefenbaker's attempt at cancelling the project. Crawford Gordon (the head of Avro Canada) attempts at proving the Diefenbaker government wrong. Unfortunately The Arrow program was cancelled on February 20th, 1959. All the planes were scrapped and the employees were laid off. The ending of the film is absolute fiction as it never happened. The ending suggests that one Arrow survived scrapping and still exists. Even though this is part fiction and part fact, this made for tv film should spark interest in the real story of the Avro Arrow. Of course this flawed, but still very interesting to watch and seeing this sad but incredible story come to life on film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member The concept and storyline are interesting, but the movie has quite a slow pace (most of it feels like an observation of Canadian politics, rather than involvement). The recreation of the 50's atmosphere in the social life (such as dress and living arrangements) is decent--especially on a low-budget--and there is some interesting cinematography (it is a movie about aeronautic engineering after all). However, I think the film tries to accomplish too many things simultaneously that it misses the chance to excel at any one thing. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member we had it all then threw it all away..i miss the old canada Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Decent, one-sided, interesting, colourful, could be more historically accurate, and not as politically correct. This movie is worth seeing for the sake of the story but it's typically the canadian myth at work. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Decient Canadian Docu-drama about the engineers who designed the Avro Arrow, the potential the technology they developed had to push Canada to the forefront of the global aviation industry, and the short sighted bueracrats who insured that the Arrow was destroyed, the company bankrupted and the majority of the engineers working for the Americans. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

      Cast & Crew

      Show Less Cast & Crew Show More Cast & Crew

      Photos

      View All The Arrow photos

      The Arrow

      The Arrow (1945) The Arrow (1945) The Arrow (1945) The Arrow (1945) View more photos

      Movie Info

      Director
      Alberto Lattuada, Mario Costa
      Screenwriter
      Ennio Flaiano
      Genre
      Drama, Romance
      Original Language
      Italian
      Runtime
      1h 30m