The Bad Seed
Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!
Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tel...
Drama, Horror, Thriller
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1956
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Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
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Runtime:
129 min
Release date:
12 Sep 1956
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. 1 win & 6 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
This melodrama about a child with an inbred talent for homicide is pretty unpleasant stuff on its own.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
23 Oct 2008
rotten:
Mervyn LeRoy, who produced and directed, has lost a great deal of the bite of the play.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
rotten:
Overlong, stiff, and about as suspenseful as a detergent commercial.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Director LeRoy has been overly faithful to the play script.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
18 Jul 2011
rotten:
1956 was way too soon for an unfettered treatment of the central premise.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006