A Man for All Seasons
In the late 16th century in England, King Henry VIII wants to divorce his current Catholic wife and marry a new one. The film follows Lord Chancellor Thomas More on his attempt to obstruct the King's interest, in hope of avoiding mass chaos and maintaining the balance of the society.
23 May 1928, Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
5 February 1929, London, England, UK
18 June 1942, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
16 July 1939, Marylebone, London, England, UK
January 7, 1896 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK]
January 3, 1911 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
4 June 1940, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
6 September 1941, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
16 March 1920, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
27 June 1931, St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England, UK
13 February 1898, Strand, London, England, UK
February 16, 2016
The film works well in all departments, in fact -- design, photography, and music. One just wishes that its central conception had been more interesting.
January 10, 2014
It's Scofield's picture -- his is an inspired performance of virtue with a dash of vanity.
February 20, 2009
One of the most intelligent religious movies ever made.
December 21, 2010
Superb movie of More's stand against Henry VIII.
December 13, 2006
Robert Bolt's boring historical drama functions best as an anthology of British acting styles, circa 1966.
August 30, 2012
There's more than a little of the school pageant in the rhythm of the movie: Though it's all neater than our school drama coaches could make it, the figures group and say their assigned lines and move on.
February 09, 2006
Orson Welles alone relieves the boredom in a marvellous cameo as Cardinal Wolsey. If only they'd let him loose with the whole sorry history...
January 29, 2008
Producer-director Fred Zinnemann has blended all filmmaking elements into an excellent, handsome and stirring film version of A Man For All Seasons.
February 18, 2015
Playwright Bolt, acting as his own scenarist, and director Fred Zinnemann have done a superb job of turning the play into a movie.
February 18, 2015
It is profoundly stirring in its dramatic conception, appealing as it does to the mind, heart, eye and ear.
February 19, 2013
Fred Zinnemann's historical drama is the kind of authentic, stately yawner that probably wouldn't even score a greenlight today.
