A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
The Innocents has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of The Innocents (1961)
By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 29 Jun 2016
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Review of The Innocents (1961)
By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 07 Oct 2014
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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 22 Jul 1996
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Review of The Innocents (1961)
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Review of The Innocents (1961)
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The Innocents was released in 1961 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 42 reviews, giving The Innocents (1961) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 82%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 72%. Professional critics were more impressed with The Innocents than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 77%, The Innocents is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1961, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1961 with similar scores include films like Splendor in the Grass and Dersu Uzala.
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