Movie Reviews for The Front

The Front

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Movie Review: One of Woody's best
Summary: 5 Stars

Woody Allen is a nobody whose friend is a blacklisted TV writer; Allen agrees to "front" for him (submit scripts written by his friend with his [Allen's] name on them). This is a very compelling look at what HUAC was up to during the early 1950's witch hunts in the entertainment field, and Allen gets laughs too as the schlemiel parading as a writer who enjoys the money and accolades he's getting from his role, but also suffers pangs of conscience at the end and tells the committee that's investigating him off. Zero Mostel is excellent as a blacklisted comic who befriends Allen. The principal actors, as well as the writer and director, were all blacklisted in real life, and they all bring to the movie a feeling of love and commitment. It's among my favorite Woody Allen movies. Definitely worth a watch.

Movie Review: The Front
Summary: 5 Stars

Martin Ritt's restrained but powerful film is a searing indictiment of the corrosive, cowardly effects of McCarthysim, a time the director lived through. It's a sort of bitter victory (or sweet revenge) that Mostel was cast, as he was an early victim of the same blacklist. The inimitable Zero steals the show as the tragic Hecky, but Woody is also fine in a fairly straight role. A vivid recreation of a dark moment in our history.

Movie Review: Fantastic film
Summary: 5 Stars

Having seen this film just once on TV I had to wait over a decade for the internet to enable me to buy it from the US (I live in the UK). It was worth the wait. The film is just so great and the ending is fantastic.