Born on the fourth of July, 1900, the future holds unlimited potential for newborn John Sims. But dreams soon fade with the death of his father when John is but a lad. Like many before him, John sets out to make his mark in New York City, but ends up a faceless worker (#137) in a large office of a large business. Still he is happy with his fate and soon meets a young woman named Mary on a blind double date. Things take their course and they soon marry and live in a small apar... (Full plot summary below)
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Born on the fourth of July, 1900, the future holds unlimited potential for newborn John Sims. But dreams soon fade with the death of his father when John is but a lad. Like many before him, John sets out to make his mark in New York City, but ends up a faceless worker (#137) in a large office of a large business. Still he is happy with his fate and soon meets a young woman named Mary on a blind double date. Things take their course and they soon marry and live in a small apartment. Soon John is bickering with Mary and finds that he has no love for the in-laws. When the marriage looks like a bust, he finds that Mary is with child and he stays. After 5 years, he has a son and a daughter and the same dead end job. When tragedy strikes, John must find the conviction to continue or lose what little he has left.
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleWhat's extraordinary is that what could have come off as a case study instead packs a consistently strong emotional punch. |
| New York TimesMordaunt HallThroughout this subject Mr. Vidor shrewdly avoids the stereotyped conception of setting forth scenes, and in more than one case he uses his camera in an inspired fashion. |
| Slant MagazineFernando F. CrocePlot in The Crowd is structured as the progression of a life, with all the undulations of ups and downs driven by the director's faith in human emotion. |
| New YorkerRichard BrodyVidor, playing to that crowd, sternly warns against going it alone. |
| Linoleum KnifeAlonso DuraldeThe Crowd is a masterpiece - moving, funny, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful. It's a must for anyone interested in the roots of moviemaking, and it's a good choice to show to someone who thinks they wouldn't like silent films. |
| Boulder WeeklyThomas DelapaRemarkably meshing 1920s screen Expressionism with location shooting, Vidor created a bittersweet parable on 20th century urban America... |
| Los Angeles AlternativeJay Antanimy favorite silent film: poetically told with dazzling direction |
| Film and FeltGabe LeibowitzOccasionally pushes its patriotism motif too far, but is extremely successful in all other ways, particularly in its strong portrayal of a full circle self-realization, love story, and sweeping portrait of America. |
| VarietyVariety StaffA drab actionless story of ungodly length and apparently telling nothing. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrThe camera style owes something to Murnau, but the sense of space -- the vast environments that define and attack his protagonists -- is Vidor's own. |
