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- 1961
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
- 1961
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
Summary A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
Directed By: Jack Clayton
Written By: Henry James, John Mortimer, William Archibald, Truman Capote
- 1961
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
- 1961
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
The Innocents
6.9
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Summary A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
Directed By: Jack Clayton
Written By: Henry James, John Mortimer, William Archibald, Truman Capote
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
15 Reviews
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12% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
88
88% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
12% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
One of the most elegantly beautiful ghost movies ever made.
A ravishing neo-romantic takedown of Victorian repression, spooky and scathing in equal measure.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
6.9
68% Positive
15 Ratings
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18% Negative
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The Innocents manipulates the viewer's imagination as few films can, with Kerr and Redgrave doing a masterful job of creating a sense of repressed hysteria.
The film thrives on unsettling images of overgrowth and rot, such as the dead flower that drops at Kerr’s touch, and the beetle that crawls obscenely out of the mouth of a cherub statue.
Filmed with a luminous brilliance by cinematographer Freddie Francis, The Innocents is the apotheosis of old-school Brit spookiness.
The film’s symbolism is never subtle, but that doesn’t make it any less effective.
Clayton lacks the Jamesian temper, and his film is finally more indecisive than ambiguous. Too much Freud and too little thought.
Production Company
Achilles
Release Date Dec 15, 1961
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Approved
Genres
Tagline Do They Ever Return to Possess the Living?
Awards
National Board of Review, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 2 Nominations
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
