extraordinary

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2003)

I do not believe that any other movie has ever included two better speeches than those delivered by Maximillian Schell and Spencer Tracy. The writing was brilliant and I doubt that two people have ever been better in one movie.
If ever there were doubts as to who is America's greatest actor, this movie should end the debate. Spencer Tracy, now a much older Spencer Tracy, shows that even in his later years, he is the best.
Maximillian Schell could not be any better, and when you add Burt Lancaster's best performance and many other terrific ones too, the leadership of Stanley Kramer and writing of Abby Mann, this movie must be considered among the five best of all time. Period.