Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.7 / 5.0

One movie that must be seen to be believed.:

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, this film is an enigma wrapped in a riddle inside a conundrum, and the slow unveiling of the plot, with its many surprises--both shocking and hilarious--will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. John Frankenheimer's reputation as a director is based largely on this movie; he's never come close to equaling it, but that still doesn't detract from the brilliance of his achievement here. The excellence of the acting--particularly Angela Lansbury as the... more info

"A Little Solitaire"--'Special 'Edition:

In a marketing ploy to capitalize on the release of the new "Manchurian Candidate" directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep (in theaters July 30th), MGM homve video has released this "special edition" of the original 1962 film.

This new DVD contains exactly the same special features that appeared on the original issue (Frankenheimer commentary, interview with Sinatra, George Axelrod and Frankenheimer), but to jusitfy the re-release and the use of the term "special... more info

I wanted to love this movie:

I wanted so badly to love this movie, and on some level, I do. My first viewing (on DVD since I didn't get to see it when it originally came out) wasn't the best experience. I got lost. Oh, I understood the basic plot and thought it was one of the most brilliant things I've ever seen, but I missed some things. On a second and third viewing, I STILL didn't get some of the connections. As I said, I got the main idea and thought this brilliant, but some of the writing failed to connect the dots. Even if you... more info

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