Major Barbara
Comedy
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1941
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Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually grows disillusioned with her causes and begins to see things from her father's perspective.
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Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
APPROVED
Runtime:
121 min
Release date:
14 May 1941
Country:
GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Adapted from an old Shaw play, circa 1905, it still carries the lightning thrusts of Shavian caustic satire at any and all levels.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
There is plenty to relish, notably Newton and Morley hamming it up (as, respectively, the rumbustious Bill Walker and the overbearing tycoon), and Deborah Kerr in her debut; but it does tend to just sit there.
– Tom Charity,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
To call it a manifest triumph would be arrant stinginess with words.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Though a bit slow to start and overlong (GBS added 18 minutes to the screenplay), this is still an enthusiastic and intelligent rendering of the wonderful Shavian wit and sense of the ridiculous.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The result is a cinema treat.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
4 Mar 2015