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The Arrangement

R

Released Nov 18, 1969

2h 5m

Drama

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15%

13 Reviews

Tomatometer

63%

500+ Ratings

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A Madison Avenue adman (Kirk Douglas) with a wife (Deborah Kerr) and mistress (Faye Dunaway) goes off the deep end of his meaningless life.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Kazan seems to have turned his search for identity into a callous soap opera, unworthy of a man of Kazan's true talent.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 1, 2007

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

The movie finally pounds at our moral sense so much that our moral sense wearies and becomes defensive, and we are finally just grateful for Faye Dunaway's beauty, and the way she doesn't raise her voice.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 1, 2007

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Zita Short

InSession Film

Kerr finds a way to avoid engaging in cheap theatrics. She provides a nice counterbalance to the icy, sleek Dunaway who glides through every scene as she finds a way to explore her character’s deep insecurities...

Feb 9, 2023

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Paul Schrader

Coast FM & Fine Arts

The final result of Kazan's dark night of the soul is, tragically, pure american kitsch.

Jun 29, 2020

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Ann Birstein

Vogue

The movie has all the faults of the book, and then some, and you can't skip pages.

May 6, 2020

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Michael Ross

Los Angeles Free Press

Puffy, artsy to the point of ennui, epic where it should be personal, personal where it doesn't matter, drifting, senseless, pointless, irrelevant and dull.

Jan 15, 2020

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Mike F

Disjointed plot and while mildly humorous at times, the bizarre behavior of the lead, portrayed by Kirk Douglas, makes for a story line that is just not very interesting.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/11/23

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delysid d

this is a cool movie, but its really hard to watch

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/17/21

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Audience Member

Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway talents are wasted. I did not watch the whole movie. Too painful.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/12/18

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s r

Some serious drama, but it seemed like more of a soap opera than anything.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

14 % ??? Have you really SEEN this movie ??? Douglas' performance is outstanding and Kazan's work is just beautiful !

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

The is by far the best movie by Kazan. It is an intense film with great performances by all the actors and particularly by Kirk Douglas, a slap to the pretentious, conservative and oppressive society. It is the search of the truth, of what is really meaningful in life even with great sacrifices and it is very unfortunate that all the user reviews did not grasp the essence. Instead much shallower films like Puss in Boots get 83% showing the decadence of our society

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Elia Kazan

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Eddie Anderson

Faye Dunaway

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Synopsis

A Madison Avenue adman (Kirk Douglas) with a wife (Deborah Kerr) and mistress (Faye Dunaway) goes off the deep end of his meaningless life.

Director: Elia Kazan
Screenwriter: Elia Kazan
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 18, 1969, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 4, 2008
Runtime: 2h 5m

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