Meet John Doe

This was a very absorbing story and one of director Frank Capra's best efforts. There is some great acting in here, almost mesmerizing at times. The story is a typical Capra-esquire populist one in which the average man is elevated... Full review

Meet John Doe was rudely jerked back into relevance in the Nineties by the emergence of a third party presidential candidate, wealthy enough to finance his own campaign, who ran in two presidential elections.H.Ross Perot and Edward Arnold's D.B. Norton... Full review

Spoiler Director Frank Capra gives us yet another moralistic gem in the form of Meet John Doe. With a stella cast which include Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold and James Gleason. Capra delivers a movie with a message of... Full review

This film is a classic example of a movie working effortlessly on a range of different layers. Capra weaves his well-loved everyman through a tale of both simplicity and political intrigue, taking in the American depression and Biblical references along... Full review

There's an Italianate "cinema verite" in Capra's work, perhaps genetic . . . I find this film so powerful, and its characters so sympathetic, that I can hardly watch the riot scene. It's almost too terrifying.Cooper's performance at first seems... Full review

Frank Capra's unabashed patriotism wins another pennant for Team U.S.A. with `Meet John Doe,' an Oscar-nominated feature (for original screenplay) that roots for the underdog while demonstrating the power of the people en masse. He backs up his strong, daunting... Full review

There is so much to recommend this film, especially in repeat viewings. I'll try to touch on things rarely mentioned. The opening credit montage that ends with a solitary newborn in a hospital ward speaks volumes, as does the opening... Full review

About 15 or twenty years ago MEET JOHN DOE aired on a saturday matinee program on the CBC. I watched it and absolutely loved it. In the ensuing two decades I have Studied Film History and the art of film... Full review

This is a great movie. Gary Cooper is wonderful as John. At first, he does it for the money, but then, he feels bad because some people really have faith in him, and trust him. He feels guilty about being... Full review

This film offers a standing rebuke to critics who use the term "Capracorn". None of Capra's films are as blindly optimistic as is often argued, but this one is a pitch-black jeremiad against manipulation by the media. The mob scene... Full review

Meet John Doe is a lot more pragmatic.....I'm talking about Frank Capra's classic Meet John Doe , released five years earlier in 1941.....And Meet John Doe has a more overtly religious connection to Christmas as well:.... ... Full Review

Meet John Doe contains elements from many of Capra's better movies. Meet John Doe is so heavy handed in it's message that it is like getting hit over the head with a baseball bat while someone is yelling in your ear to love your neighbor and country! ... Full Review

embraces the story of regular everyday "John Doe.....The fast paced humor is amazing and it's truly a shame.... ... Full Review

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July 11th, 2006 As part of the Edge of Outside series, TCM is airing Frank Capra's Meet John Doe. Wednesday, July 12th at 8:15pm When one thinks of Frank Capra one does not readily call to mind the image of... ... Full Article

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MEET JOHN DOE (1941) / A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1932) is a double-feature of two of Gary Cooper's most famous movies, released by Marengo Films: MEET JOHN DOE is Frank Capra's darkly comic satire. ... Full Article

Meet John Doe could be remade today, and you'd barely need to change a word to have it still strike home. Corporate misbehavior, media circuses, consumerism, and wealthy fat-cats thinking they can speak for ordinary people -- all things we ... Full Article