
Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere; that's why his family has had to move before. Here he hopes to find the love he doesn't get from his middle-class family. Though he finds some of this in his relation with Judy, and a form of it in both Plato's adulation and Ray's real concern for him, Jim must still prove himself to his peers in switchblade knife fights and "chickie" games in which cars race toward a seaside cliff.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere; that's why his family has had to move before. Here he hopes to find the love he doesn't get from his middle-class family. Though he finds some of this in his relation with Judy, and a form of it in both Plato's adulation and Ray's real concern for him, Jim must still prove himself to his peers in switchblade knife fights and "chickie" games in which cars race toward a seaside cliff.
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| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThis full-color, widescreen masterpiece gives us remarkable images. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA milestone in the creation of new idea about young people. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenOriginally shot in black and white, then switching to CinemaScope early in production, Rebel Without A Cause is a brilliant, iconic movie. |
| Slant MagazineDan CallahanWhere the attitudes of "East of Eden" are hopelessly dated and broad, the poetic longing for connection in Rebel Without a Cause will always feel timeless. |
| BBC.comJamie RussellA movie for anyone who's ever been a teenager. |
| Reverse ShotLeo GoldsmithUnder Ray's dissecting eye, the suburban home itself becomes a battleground where parent and child must scream over each other to be heard |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrDean's alienation is perfectly expressed through Ray's vertiginous mise-en-scene: the suburban LA setting becomes a land of decaying Formica and gothic split-levels. An unmissable film, made with a delirious compassion. |
| Common Sense MediaCharles Cassady1950s James Dean teen-rage landmark still resonates. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonA superb study of teenage angst that still retains its power despite the number of inferior rip-offs that followed in its wake. |
| EmpireDavid ParkinsonThe red-jacketed, Method-pouting James Dean steals every scene, but the ensemble playing is nothing short of exemplary. |