The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Reviews & Ratings

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The Magnificent Ambersons reviews

The Magnificent Ambersons holds a 7.3/10 average from 496 TMDB ratings.

This is a actually quite a sad story; though given the wealth and opportunity offered the young "George" (Tim Holt) it might seem fatuous to say so. He is born into a family with money, status and privilege so, consequently, grows up into a young man with little, if any, appreciation of anything - all he wants to do is sail boats. As the plot develops, we see the return of "Eugene" (Joseph Cotton) the man his mother…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

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