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James Dean
Directed by
Mark Rydell
PG
2001
1h 36m
Drama
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Biography
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7.1
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6.7
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The man behind the legend and 1950s Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.
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Cast of James Dean
James Franco
James Dean
Michael Moriarty
Winton Dean
Valentina Cervi
Pier Angeli
Enrico Colantoni
Elia Kazan
Edward Herrmann
Raymond Massey
Joanne Linville
Hedda Hopper
John Pleshette
Billy Rose
Barry Primus
Nicholas Ray
David Proval
Daniel Mann
Samuel Gould
Martin Landau
Amy Rydell
Christine White
Wendy Benson-Landes
Julie Harris
Karen Kondazian
Mrs. Pierangeli
David Parker
James Whitmore
Craig Barnett
George Stevens
Mark Rydell
Jack Warner / Director / Executive Producer
Lou Wagner
'Eden' Make-up Person
Otto Felix
'Eden' Camera Assistant
Christopher Lee
'Eden' Assistant Director
Gretchen German
Kazan's Assistant
James Dean Ratings & Reviews
Houston Chronicle
Ann Hodges
For Freaks & Geeks' James Franco, James Dean is a major breakthrough. He not only looks like him, but his mannerisms and his whole persona are startlingly real. This movie rests on his thin, hunched shoulders, and he carries it off.
L.A. Weekly
Robert Lloyd
James Dean is an unusually intelligent job that benefits from the relative modesty of its production and straightforward direction.
Orlando Sentinel
Hal Boedeker
The movie itself is rarely adventurous, but it could prompt viewers to watch the actual Dean performances again. Credit for that would go mainly to Franco, who excels at playing this odd, conflicted figure.
Christian Science Monitor
M.S. Mason
James Franco is so Deansian, it's scary. The life story of the rebel without a cause has been shaped by fact and presumption into a startlingly enthralling drama.
New York Post
Austin Smith
Franco's metamorphosis into Dean ranks as one of the great TV performances of the year. And it would have been enough to earn James Dean a rave, but it's only one of several performances that set this movie apart.
TIME Magazine
James Poniewozik
Sick of movie-star biopics? Then there's little to change your mind in this one... It's worth seeing, though, because James Franco uncannily channels the sulky, sexy, short-lived heartthrob.
Entertainment Weekly
Ken Tucker
Franco could have walked through the role and done a passable Dean, but instead gets under the skin of this insecure, rootless young man.
Washington Post
Tom Shales
Re-creates Dean's life and times with what might be called stunning adequacy... Franco's performance is easily the best thing in the movie, conveying Dean's essence and angst without ever becoming a mere impersonation.
People Magazine
Terry Kelleher
There's no joy in noting that it sometimes plays like a parody of a James Dean movie.
Hollywood.com
Hollywood.com Staff
Sure, you get the rebellious side of the man... All the legendary stuff. But you also get a morose portrait of a man twisted and torn, self-destructive but fiercely vulnerable. Any fan should catch this flick.
Austin Chronicle
Belinda Acosta
As a biopic, James Dean is a laudable contribution to the genre, though lapses into TV movie-of-the-week conventions take the edge off what could have been a wholly compelling movie.
Salon.com
Joyce Millman
Even those of us who suspected that Franco had a great performance in him couldn't have imagined it would be this great... In his spectacular, heartfelt performance, Franco walks Dean's walk and feels his pain.
Variety
Phil Gallo
It's a hushed project that finds its grandeur in the cinematic approach from director of photography Robbie Greenberg, who gives pic the look of a bigscreen rather than a television project.
New York Magazine/Vulture
John Leonard
... a well-done docudrama starring James Franco from Freaks and Geeks...
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...entertaining, in a movie-of-the-week sort of way.
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