Fresh
An unmissable film, made with a delirious compassion.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rebel Without a Cause
The bad boy from a good family.
1955 · 1h 51m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Nicholas Ray
Overview
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Here is a fairly exciting, suspenseful and provocative, if also occasionally far-fetched, melodrama of unhappy youth on another delinquency kick.
Robert J. Landry, Variety
Fresh
Dean's finest film, hardly surprisingly in that Ray was one of the great '50s directors.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Like its hero, Rebel Without a Cause desperately wants to say something and doesn't know what it is. If it did know, it would lose its fascination.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
There are some excruciating flashes of accuracy and truth in this film.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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