Black Narcissus Movie Information

Movie Information

Overall Rank: 1555

Average Rating: 3/4

# of Ratings: 45

Theatrical Release Date: 08/13/1947

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 07/20/2010

Language: English

Genre: Drama

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Actors: Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons, David Farrar, May Hallatt, Jenny Laird

Plot: A young nun is promoted to Mother Superior of a convent in the mountains of an Asian country. She may, or may not, make it through the year. -- sapien

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Rating of
3.5/4

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 11/19/2023

The groundbreaking and still influential "Black Narcissus" exposes the limitations of holy vows under the most extreme circumstances, and its breathtaking art direction still holds up even if all its melodrama doesn't.

Rating of
1.5/4

Yojimbo - wrote on 10/20/2012

Beautifully shot but ridiculously dated melodrama about nuns resisting temptation in the form of roguish David Farrar amidst the quaint and "child-like" natives who "all look alike". Worth watching for the visuals (many shots seem like a framed oil painting) but the hysterical melodrama and stodgy dialogue will put many (myself included) off.

Rating of
2/4

sapien - wrote on 09/04/2012

The racism was a little too thick for my tastes. But, the plot was somewhat interesting. And, the scenery was amazing!

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