Fresh
Otto Preminger has transferred it to the screen with taste and imagination in an opulent production.
Variety Staff, Variety
Carmen Jones
Something Really New! Something Truly Different!
1954 · 1h 45m · Approved
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Otto Preminger
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Carmen Jones
Overview
In this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War.
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72%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Impeccably liberal in its time, the film has not aged gracefully, although Dorothy Dandridge's performance in the lead remains a testimony to a black cinema that might have been.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
A crazy mixed-up film.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
The somewhat heavy-handed direction and the ultimately two-dimensional characters leave you admiring the workmanship without plucking at the necessary emotional/romantic heart-strings.
Time Out
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