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Time and Tide is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): George Orwell.

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Jeannie (1941) George Orwell This is a pleasant enough film, with some clever acting in it. Michael Redgrave is good, as usual, and Albert Lieven makes a brilliant character study of the selfish, decayed aristocrat.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
One Night in Lisbon (1941) George Orwell What rot it all is! What sickly, enervating rubbish!
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High Sierra (1941) George Orwell For anyone who wants the ne plus ultra of sadism, bully-worship, gun-play, socks on the jaw and gangster atmosphere generally, this film is the goods.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
The Flame of New Orleans (1941) George Orwell Neither Marlene Dietrich nor René Clair’s direction are seen quite at their best in this romantic comedy.
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The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) George Orwell In spite of adequate acting and a good central idea, the sentiment of this film is so palpably false as to make its dénouement almost unbearable.
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Moon Over Burma (1940) George Orwell There seems no very good reason why the setting should be Burma, unless it is that the elephant and the cobra which appear in the film needed employment.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Western Union (1941) George Orwell None of the acting is definitely bad, but Randolph Scott, as the Bad Man who turns over a new leaf but afterwards rides away to a romantic death and leaves the woman he loves to a man who is worthier of her, gives the outstanding performance of the film.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Atlantic Ferry (1941) George Orwell The film contains several flashes of visual imaginativeness. The best of these is a scene in which the sailors from two rival ships are fighting over a consignment of luggage. It is a remarkable piece of photography, with some of the quality of a ballet,
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) George Orwell A tear-jerker, but with some good character-touches and an admirable performance by Miss Martha Scott in the chief part.
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That Uncertain Feeling (1941) George Orwell Does not quite come off but contains some clever photography and begins amusingly.
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Nice Girl? (1941) George Orwell On the whole, this is a light and amusing film and the acting is quite adequate to it. Miss Durbin sings charmingly when she is given something worth singing. Mr Benchley gives a good performance.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Bitter Sweet (1940) George Orwell This third version which retains none of the atmosphere of the original play and has altered its plot to the point of making it meaningless.
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Escape to Glory (1940) George Orwell Escape to Glory is lively and well worth seeing. The scene inside a submarine is coming to be a stereotype -- I have watched it at least four times within the past year -- but the sea battle is really vivid and exciting.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
I Married Adventure (1940) George Orwell Interesting local colour, excellent for those who like animals and are distressed by the present depleted state of the Zoo.
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This England (1941) George Orwell When one is filming the history of England, even in a series of tableaux, would it not be better to say a little more about the things that happen between the high-spots?
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The Lady Eve (1941) George Orwell The dialogue is so good, the direction so light and witty and the whole atmosphere so essentially farcical that one does not bother about improbabilities.
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Kipps (1941) George Orwell It is a pleasure to be able to report, for once, that a novel has been filmed and remained recognizable.
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Back Street (1941) George Orwell Whether one prefers Kitty Foyle or Back Street will perhaps depend on one’s feelings about the sanctity of marriage, but on the whole the dialogue and background of Back Street are better than in the other film.
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Kitty Foyle (1940) George Orwell Quite a lively film, but Miss Rogers deserves something better.
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Little Men (1940) George Orwell In short, if you either haven’t read Little Men or don’t mind seeing the friends of your childhood murdered, this is a good film.
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So Ends Our Night (1941) George Orwell Not that So Ends Our Night is especially “advanced", either politically or technically. But it does deal with the Europe of the past seven years in a more or less realistic manner, and its “happy ending” is only halfway happy.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) George Orwell An ancient theme, but wittily presented.
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Arise, My Love (1940) George Orwell Its photography is somewhat above the average, with some very good aeroplane shots at the beginning. Ray Milland and Claudette Colbert play everyone else off the stage, but Walter Abel’s performance also deserves a mention.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Eyes of the Navy (1940) George Orwell One sees in this short piece... the immense technical superiority of the Americans, their understanding of what is and is not impressive, their intolerance of amateurishness generally.
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Dulcy (1940) George Orwell In the case of Dulcy a very low farce is posing as a light comedy, and it would be a much better film if the occasional attempts at probability were dropped and the custard pies thrown physically and not merely on the astral plane.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Quiet Wedding (1941) George Orwell The acting is good all the way through. Margaret Lockwood makes a delightful heroine, and Derek Farr, as the bridegroom, is also excellent in his slightly less rewarding part.
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Escape (1940) George Orwell It makes play, fairly effectively, with the horror of the Gestapo, but as to why the Gestapo exists, how Hitler reached his present position, what he is trying to achieve, it utters not a word.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Spellbound (1941) George Orwell A rather inexpert film, but interesting enough in its subject-matter to be worth seeing.
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Brigham Young (1940) George Orwell The best performances are by Dean Jagger, in the title part, and Vincent Price as Joseph Smith. The rest of the cast do their best but are somewhat overwhelmed by the more spectacular flora and fauna.
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Gold Rush Maisie (1940) George Orwell Good local colour and lively dialogue.
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They Knew What They Wanted (1940) George Orwell Skilful acting by Charles Laughton and Carole Lombard.
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The Mad Doctor (1941) George Orwell This ‘‘blood-chilling mystery drama’’ (advance ads.) is neither mysterious, a drama, nor, in spite of some goodish acting, blood-chilling. It is simply an old-fashioned murder story dolled up with a few “psychological” trappings.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
The Great Dictator (1940) George Orwell What is Chaplin’s peculiar gift? It is his power to stand for a sort of concentrated essence of the common man, for the ineradicable belief in decency that exists in the hearts of ordinary people, at any rate in the West.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
I Love You Again (1940) George Orwell It is a change to see a comic film that has an inherently comic idea behind it as well as adequate acting and the never-failing American dialogue.
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Susan and God (1940) George Orwell This film, amusing in parts, is a not too happy mixture of satire and sentiment.
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The Lady in Question (1940) George Orwell In level of intelligence this film is above the average, but it is questionable whether it was worth translating into American. If it was, then it would have been better to Americanize it altogether and not give it a French setting.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Waterloo Bridge (1940) George Orwell This romantic tear-jerker -- for one can hardly call it a tragedy -- is saved from degenerating into sheer idiocy by competent all-round acting.
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The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) George Orwell The vivid American dialogue makes up to some extent for the banal plot. The acting is worthy of the material, and Edmund Gwenn in a minor part is as good as ever.
Posted Oct 02, 2023  Edit critic review
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