Ragtime (1981) Critic Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Rgatime is a loving, beautifully mounted, graceful film that creates its characters with great clarity.Read the full review
Variety | Staff (Not Credited)Add Critic to Favorites
The page-turning joys of E.L. Doctorow's bestselling Ragtime, which dizzily and entertainingly charted a kaleidoscopic vision of a turn-of-century America in the midst of intense social change, have been realized almost completely in Milos Forman's superbly crafted screen adaptation.Read the full review
The New York Times | Vincent CanbyAdd Critic to Favorites
The movie is sorrowful, funny and beautiful. It is also, finally, very unsatisfactory.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Michael BlowenAdd Critic to Favorites
Except for the evocative sets and Randy Newman's upbeat musical score, Ragtime is better read than seen. [18 Dec 1981]Read the full review
