Seven Days in May

I didn't think there were any good classics left that I hadn't seen but this was truly a very well directed movie, showing how good Lancaster and Douglas could be with the right direction. Excellent.... Full review

I didn't think there were any good classics left that I hadn't seen but this was truly a very well directed movie, showing how good Lancaster and Douglas could be with the right direction. Excellent.... Full review

There are many movies directed by John Frenkenheimer which simply evolve over time into great works of art. In their own way, they exemplify his innate sense of mystery, suspense, and dark drama. Too many to list, one example would... Full review

The story explores the implications of a possible military coup in the U.S. The plot itself had few surprises, but the acting was excellent. Parts of the story is really hard to believe for me. I suppose I have just become... Full review

The story explores the implications of a possible military coup in the U.S. The plot itself had few surprises, but the acting was excellent. Parts of the story is really hard to believe for me. I suppose I have just become... Full review

The novel and the movie Seven Days in May were based on a very potential reality. See James Bamford's 2002 book, Body of Secrets, which is about the National Security Agency. General Edwin Walker, mentioned in another review, was only... Full review

Fredric March is the President of the United States. He has just gotten a nuclear disarmament treaty signed with the Soviet Union's leader, and it has (barely) been passed by the U.S. Senate. Both countries agree to get rid of... Full review

The director, John Frankenheimer, had an amazing string of movies in the early to mid-1960s. First, The Manchurian Candidate, then this movie followed up a couple years later by Seconds. These are three of the absolute best thrillers EVER--and all... Full review

A fascinating movie. I have it on tape and watch it regularly. I'm not sure why. The story is a primitive one. "There is a plot to take over these United States." (Even the tag line is incorrect. Douglas says... Full review

A very thought provoking, realistic political thriller that succeeds on every level. This film features great acting from everyone involved but namely Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, and of course Fredick March. Each one of these actors were very convincing it... Full review

The result is the best conspiracy-theory movie ever made. We tend to forget just how good Lancaster and Douglas were as actors The film becomes a cat-and-mouse game between the President's forces for good and the General's military might. ... Full Review

Particularly fine are March (in one of his last important roles) as the enormously decent president and Lancaster in an unsurpassed portrait of arrogance. Frankenheimer is also to be commended for his cast, which offers up a veritable acting clinic in this film. ... Full Review

The performances are excellent down the line, under the taut....Kirk Douglas is masterfully cool and matter of fact as Scott's aide, utterly devoted until he comes to be suspicious..... ... Full Review

Featuring a powerhouse cast, a first rate director and a precisely constructed screenplay, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY ($25) is one of the best political thrillers to ever hit the silver screen. However, the future of Lymans Presidency really becomes a genuine uncertainty, when General Scotts aid, Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey (Kirk Douglas), becomes aware of some deviations from protocol and other irregularities within the Generals office. ... Full Review

John Frankenheimer's powerful thriller about a coup d'état in the United States.....Ava Gardner, too, is here better than she had been in many years..... ... Full Review

While many film festivals might occasionally screen war-themed movies, the GI Film Festival is the only fest dedicated exclusively to honoring America's courageous, selfless troops through the power of cinema. ... Full Article

Beginning with Saul Bass' title sequence that turns White House fencing into missiles, Seven Days In May rapidly unfolds as a penetrating look at the uneasy relationship between the military and elected government. ... Full Article

Hemmed in by an arid marriage, paunchy middle-aged banker Randolph grasps another chance at life when a secret organisation transforms him into hunky Hudson and gives him a new start as an artist in Californian beach-front bohemia. ... Full Article

From the Chicago Reader A political thriller about an attempted military takeover of the United States, dating from 1964, when Barry Goldwater was first making paranoia a marketable movie commodity. ... Full Article

The surprising revelations of the Iran-Contra scandal have given new meaning to this gripping, well-acted political thriller based on Charles Waldo Bailey II's and Fletcher Knebel's 1962 best-seller. ... Full Article

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright 2002 Filmcritic.com Classic political intrigue, with Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, and Burt Lancaster wrapped up in a plot to overthrow the president! ... Full Article