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Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young girl...and begins to rebel against society.
19 August 1957, Reseda, California, USA
16 January 1975, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
9 July 1981, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
7 August 1974, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
6 April 1982, Bab El Oued, Algeria
6 June 1974, Manchester, England, UK
May 18, 2018
For all Fahrenheit 451 gets wrong, its heart is ultimately in the right place, and that should count for something
May 18, 2018
Just read the book, folks.
May 18, 2018
The characters' tendency to speak in aphorisms is likely meant to convey this fallen world's reliance on propaganda as cultural currency, but its blunt polemicism effectively flattens the characters in ways they can't recover from.
May 18, 2018
Your only real problem will be, you'll simply wish there was more.
May 18, 2018
To be so obviously off-base as Fahrenheit 451 looks right now takes some doing.
May 20, 2018
Contrary to what is happening in our country, Donald Trump's presidency has emboldened filmmakers to directly challenge it, and Fahrenheit 451 is clearly an updated adaptation designed specifically with Trump in mind.
May 18, 2018
As the film unfolds, it's hard to escape the feeling that it's been tailor-made to tap into our fears and indignation.
May 18, 2018
Now it's an HBO movie that wants to turn that idea into a skillet and whack it right into the squishy spots where the bones in your head don't quite come together.
May 18, 2018
Proving you can't judge a book -- or movie -- by its cover, Fahrenheit 451 turns out to be considerably less than the sum of its parts.
May 18, 2018
No one expects in a 21st-century film version, an hour and a half in length, anything approaching the subtlety and character that went into Bradbury's novel. Still one might have asked-of a film titled "Fahrenheit 451"-for more than a one-note rant.
May 18, 2018
The depth [of Fahrenheit 451] helps texture everything that is present and brings Ray Bradbury's world to life before your eyes.
May 21, 2018
Filmmaker Ramin Bahrani's Fahrenheit 451 is a construction of paranoia and fear, curiosity and hope, and in some scenes its themes are almost overwhelmingly sincere.