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Witness
Directed by
Peter Weir
R
1985
1h 52m
Crime
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7.3
92%
80%
7.1
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While protecting an Amish boy - the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their rural community when his own life is threatened.
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Cast of Witness
Harrison Ford
John Book
Kelly McGillis
Rachel
Josef Sommer
Schaeffer
Lukas Haas
Samuel
Jan Rubeš
Eli Lapp
Alexander Godunov
Daniel Hochleitner
Danny Glover
McFee
Brent Jennings
Carter
Patti LuPone
Elaine
Angus MacInnes
Fergie
Frederick Rolf
Stoltzfus
Viggo Mortensen
Moses Hochleitner
John Garson
Bishop Tchantz
Beverly May
Mrs. Yoder
Ed Crowley
Sheriff
Timothy Carhart
Zenovich
Sylvia Kauders
Tourist Lady
Marian Swan
Mrs. Schaeffer
Maria Bradley
Schaeffer's Daughter
Rozwill Young
T-Bone
Witness Ratings & Reviews
Slant Magazine
Jake Cole
Witness takes serious stock of the gap in experience and attitude between its protagonist and his caretakers to see what shared essence can be found between them.
InSession Film
Zita Short
Witness is one of the best films I have seen yet...
Gone With The Twins
Mike Massie
The actors are all convincing, given the attention and scripting necessary to craft a strikingly different tale of law enforcement and the consequences of their interactions.
rachelsreviews.net
Rachel Wagner
A pretty good crime thriller.
Washington Post
Paul Attanasio
What saves "Witness" is its cast, and Weir's artistry in orchestrating and modulating their performances.
Common Sense Media
S. Jhoanna Robledo
Taut drama has just a few moments of intense violence.
The New Yorker
Pauline Kael
Weir, an Australian filming in this country for the first time, has succumbed to blandness.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
A moderately effective, highly affected thriller.
Variety
Variety Staff
Witness warms up as the attraction builds between Ford, McGillis and Haas -- all performing excellently through this portion.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Harrison Ford renders one of his best dramatic performances, for which he won his sole Oscar nomination, in Peter Weir's beautifully shot feature, which is effective as a cop thriller as well as a chronicle of the rural Amish subculture.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Playing John Book allowed viewers the opportunity to see Ford the actor instead of Ford the action/adventure icon. It is one of the few times he has been given the opportunity to play in a straight drama.
eFilmCritic.com
Oz
Ford is on top of his form, underplaying his role throughout and never mugging it up for the cameras.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...a refreshingly adult story.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fish-out-of-water stories were very popular for a while in the 1980s, but none had the classical resonance of this powerful Oscar-nominated drama.
Groucho Reviews
Peter Canavese
Humanizes the conflict of peace versus the arguable necessity of violence.
DVD Clinic
Scott Weinberg
It's got some action, some romance, a few drips of comedy, and a lot of fascinating insight into a culture we know very little about.
Decent Films
Steven D. Greydanus
A compelling thriller, a smoldering love story, a thoughtful study in comparative cultures, and a respectful exploration of religious community and nonviolence.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Harrison Ford has never given a better performance in a movie.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
It's pretty to look at and it contains a number of good performances, but there is something exhausting about its neat balancing of opposing manners and values.
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