Rotten
A plodding, low-key, and eventually tedious melodrama.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Comedians
They lie, they cheat, they destroy… they even try to love
1967 · 2h 32m · Approved
Drama
Directed by
Peter Glenville
Overview
American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A sadly inept adaptation of Graham Greene's novel.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
It is conventional and obvious, indeed, and is rendered no better or more beguiling by some rather superfluous additions of amorous scenes.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
The movie tries to be serious and politically significant, and succeeds only in being tedious and pompous.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
At such moments of transcendent drama -- and there are enough to make it worthwhile -- The Comedians is easily forgiven its other sins.
TIME Magazine
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