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Reviews for The Bad and the Beautiful

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7.4 / 10 1h 58min

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

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user533q4hlq90s's Movie review

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Review by user533q4hlq90s

Kirk Douglas does everything wrong and gets away with it

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Review by user985eglebcvj

A good movie about movie making

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Review by SonicSparrow

Not at all Bad, but Very Beautiful

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Review by user346qb39ht7a

Outstanding example of cinematic art.

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Review by GoldenGiraffe

This film gave me "goosebumps". It is a classic film worth watching and owning.

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Review by CosmicCamel

A guide to the inner workings of Hollywood.

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Review by user101814u2sbx

A beautiful movie, Kirk Douglas in top form

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Review by user466zgx3eur1

THE STORY ABOUT SOMEONE YOU KNOW?

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Review by user234rjjz8zy8

exceptional and full of lust, passion and betrayal

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Review by ThunderousTiger

A Movie about Movies... and More - A Minnelli Essential

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Review by user999jvk7k5yf

A glance at the backlots of Hollywood

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Review by user848iaebafol

Searing Betrayals from a Satan Incarnate in Sharp Insider's Look at Hollywood Machiavellianism

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Review by user899abveh9e1

a movie that embraces the Hollywood studio machine while putting a harsh criticism of it

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Review by user453fnlxc3zm

I'd Like To Be Jonathon Shields

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Review by OceanicOwl

A Tale of 3 People Hollywood Style