The Quiet Man

Filipe Manuel Neto

4.0

June 16, 2023

**One of those films that was very successful but is currently struggling to capture new audiences.** We are used to seeing John Wayne associated with Western films, yet here is the actor making a small and modest romantic film about a retired boxer with great physical presence who, after returning to the land where he was born, falls ...

CinemaSerf

7.0

December 30, 2024

I think what I enjoyed most about this gentle romantic drama is that John Ford allowed much more screen time to an ensemble of cast members who had all been instrumental in helping to establish John Wayne as the star he was. He's the former boxer "Thornton", returned to rural Ireland to a mixed welcome from those in his hometown as he pla...