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The China Syndrome
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Drama, Thriller - 1979
7.4
87%
81
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
122 min
Release date:
16 Mar 1979
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$5,900,000
Revenue:
$51,718,367
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. 8 wins & 16 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
A tightly assembled didactic thriller.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
27 Mar 2009
rotten:
A moderately compelling thriller about the potential perils of nuclear energy, whose major fault is an overweening sense of its own self-importance.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
All a bit too earnest, despite the seriousness of the subject, with Fonda setting her jaw and stepping into father's footsteps as Tinseltown's very own protector of humanity; but it's tightly scripted and directed, and genuinely tense in places.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
A terrific thriller that incidentally raises the most unsettling questions about how safe nuclear power plants really are.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
The three stars are splendid, but maybe Miss Fonda is just a bit more than that. Her performance is not that of an actress in a star's role, but that of an actress creating a character that happens to be major within the film.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
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