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The Quiet Man

1952

John Ford

John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond ...

8.0

30,899

Comedy. Romance John Wayne stars as Sean Thornton, a retired American boxing champion trying to put tragedy behind him by returning to Innisfree, the bucolic Irish village of his birth. He purchases his birthplace from its current owner, enraging the wealthy and bellicose Red Will Danaher (Victor McLaglen), who had designs on the property. On arriving at his cottage, Thornton finds it being swept out by Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O'Hara), a redheaded ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		A.H. Weiler The New York Times	"Mr. Ford is in love with Ireland, as is his cast, and they give us a fine, gay time while they're about it."
		Paul Taylor Time Out	"Ford's flamboyantly Oirish romantic comedy hides a few tough ironies deep in its mistily nostalgic recreation of an exile's dream."
		Jordan Cronk Slant	"'The Quiet Man' found Ford refining many of the thematic preoccupations that had interested him over the last decade-plus (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		David Parkinson Empire	"The fight between Wayne and McLaglen that thundered through the village remained among his best-remembered set-pieces (...) Ideal Sunday afternoon fare (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"The real attraction here is Ford’s masterful maneuvering of tones and his fluid handling of a large cast of colorful characters"
		Richard Brody The New Yorker	"[It] is as much an anthropological adventure as a romantic rhapsody"
		Variety	"A robust romantic drama (...) Film holds together by virtue of a number of choice characters (...) Wayne works well under Ford’s direction"
		Don Druker Chicago Reader	"A wonderful film, with a marvelous supporting cast headed by Barry Fitzgerald"
		Almar Haflidason BBC	"[Wayne] has a light touch to his performance that fits the mood perfectly in this classic romantic comedy (…) Genuine charm and good spirit (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

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