The Man Who Never Was : Why 7.3?

Why 7.3?

I've just seen this movie for the first time and have given it a 5/10. I thought it was overlong, especially the middle third. I enjoyed the scenes with Gloria Grahame and Clifton Webb was OK, but overall nothing really special. So why is the average rating (as of 5/16/06) a 7.3?

Re: Why 7.3?

The average score is 7.3 because other people who saw it gave it that score.

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Re: Why 7.3?

I thought it was excellent; I gave it 8/10. It is possibly the best British war film I have seen (which isn't very many). It also is an example of a director and cinematographer making interesting use of the original 2.55:1 CinemaScope format.

Re: Why 7.3?

I saw this tonight on "Saturday Night at the Movies" on TV Ontario. The other movie shown was better, I thought. "Operation Crossbow" is a great reality based war story. The cinematography was excellent and the action was quite exciting. This movie, "The Man Who Never Was" was an interesting story and fairly well-done but a bit over-dramatic--especially the scenes with Lucy sitting at the piano while the music swells. Is she playing the piano? No, not until her head bangs down on it. Sorry, but I found that part pretty distracting.

phylly

Re: Why 7.3?

It's a fabulous film and it's incredibly entertaining. Also Grahame was probably the worst part of the film. Pretty mediocre performance though I guess you could blame some of that on the makeup department.


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Re: Why 7.3?

I thought it should be rated at 8 or above. I thought it was very suspenseful and the spy did a great acting job, too.

Re: Why 7.3?

I thought you were going to ask why it was so low, not why it's so high. This movie is excellent. I, too, gave it an 8/10.

Re: Why 7.3?

I gave it a 7 so I think the average is just right! (In fact, I'd give it just barely above 7 if they allowed decimals.)

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