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Mark Van Doren

Mark Van Doren's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 97% EDIT “I can remember no finer moment in any film than this one when at sunrise in the forest the banks of eyes which have looked so sinister all night turn out to belong to rabbits, fawns, chipmunks, bluebirds, and turtles.” – The Nation Dec 21, 2022 Full Review The President's Mystery (1936) 80% EDIT “The President's Mystery... generates authentic excitement out of a story concerning, of all things, cooperative canneries.” – The Nation Oct 25, 2022 Full Review The Life of Emile Zola (1937) 92% EDIT “The Life of Emile Zola is, considering the many good things in it, a worthy film. But it is not among the best, and in the nature of things it could not be. Zola's characteristic deeds were his books, and a series of books is not a story. ” – The Nation Aug 3, 2022 Full Review Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 96% EDIT “Frank Lloyd's direction has amplitude and clarity... It is Mr. Laughton, however, whom we watch; and I cannot believe that this is to be accounted for on any other theory than that he has resources beyond the power of even the most brilliant direction.” – The Nation Jul 28, 2022 Full Review The Great Ziegfeld (1936) 72% EDIT “Few films have been more lavish than this one... but since it can be doubted that Ziegfeld was either the Shakespeare or the Leonardo he is represented to have been, it can also be doubted that the money was well spent.” – The Nation Dec 3, 2021 Full Review A Night at the Opera (1935) 97% EDIT “It is exciting and perfect; a sign that they have at last learned how to use every resource which Hollywood can offer them; and the simplest reason I can find for calling them funny beyond the power of words to spoil the fun.” – The Nation Jan 18, 2013 Full Review Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) 90% EDIT “Mr. Deeds is really a very intelligent and beautiful affair, a film no less charming than Mr. Capra's It Happened One Night at the same time that it is definitely more profound.” – The Nation Jan 18, 2013 Full Review A Day at the Races (1937) 95% EDIT “It places the Marx Brothers clearly among the few fine comedians of our day.” – The Nation Jan 18, 2013 Full Review Modern Times (1936) 98% EDIT “The film as a whole means no more than Charlie Chaplin means. Nobody has ever been able to say what that is, but by the present showing it is something quite timeless and priceless, and more human than the best of alien words lugged in for definition.” – The Nation Jan 18, 2013 Full Review
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