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Daniel

Play trailer Poster for Daniel R,  1983,  2h 9m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 43% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 55% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
43% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 55% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
A '60s graduate student (Timothy Hutton) recalls his parents (Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse), executed in the '50s for selling atomic secrets.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Oct 23, 2004
2.5/4
The movie tries to encompass too much. It devotes so much time to the past, to the children's childhoods, that the present-day scenes are slighted. Go to Full Review
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Feb 7, 2007
4/5
A rich, complex and not wholly satisfying film. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Mar 28, 2006
C+
The failure to provide some sort of payoff works against the film. Go to Full Review
Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly Jul 28, 2005
2/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 1, 2005
2/5
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Aug 22, 2003
3/5
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Ron S Jul 6, 2018 IGNORE THE STUPID TOMATOMETER! This is a great film, a beautiful film, riveting from beginning to end. Timothy Hutton is remarkable. So are Lindsay Crouse, Ed Asner and Mandy Pantinkin. The Book of Daniel is a fine novel. Daniel is a better movie. See more
Leia S Aug 5, 2017 I almost didn't watch this, but so glad I did. It is really perplexing how a complex movie can get such mediocre reviews while modern movies come out of the gutter with such "fresh" ones. Oh well, i will certainly not trust the critics all of the time, they can have a bad day. I thought this movie had such consistently great performances from the whole cast which was so diverse and unexpected. The "payoff" critique which most critics seem to use as its failure is an undeserved bias as movies are not required to fill your belly with sugar. The movie ends as only it could, life, death and unanswered questions. Do watch, it stands up to the test of time. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Sidney Lumet

Director

Timothy Hutton

Daniel Isaacson

Mandy Patinkin

Paul Isaacson

Lindsay Crouse

Rochelle Isaacson

Ed Asner

Jacob Ascher

Ellen Barkin

Phyllis Isaacson

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Daniel

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Movie Info

Synopsis A '60s graduate student (Timothy Hutton) recalls his parents (Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse), executed in the '50s for selling atomic secrets.
Director
Sidney Lumet
Producer
Burtt Harris
Screenwriter
E.L. Doctorow
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures, World Film Services
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 26, 1983, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 11, 2014
Runtime
2h 9m
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