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Sweet Smell of Success
100
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100
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
Can a film so expertly capture the odious and bitter that it becomes deliciously, disgustingly beautiful? Yes, if that film is 1957's Sweet Smell of Success.
100
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
Its pleasures are almost obscenely abundant.
100
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Everyone raves about this 1957 film -- and everyone's right.
100
TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
Captures the sleazy allure of Manhattan like no other film.
80
Variety
Variety
It's a no-holds-barred account of the sadistic fourth estater played cunningly by Burt Lancaster.
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