Sadly Over-hyped

Overrated and overhyped

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Although everything I know about this era comes from reading about it, nonetheless One of the Hollywood Ten seems to accurately depict a darker side of our history during the Cold War years when Communism was a threat to our country. (If this was real or a perceived threat is controversial).However, One of the Hollywood Ten does accurately tell the story of Herber Bieberman and his trials and eventual conviction of being branded a communist by the US Government, and the ramifications this had to not only his life, but also that of his actress wife as well.Well written and excellently acted, One of the Hollywood Ten is certainly worth watching.

Saw this film on TV. Came in about half-way. I met Juan and Virginia Chacon when I was organizing steelworkers in the southwest. I also met Francis Williams (no relation) an African-American cultural worker who played an important role in developing the script. yes, the movie is didactic and preachy--but so is Salt of the Earth. Unless you are Pauline Kael, you can't help but be moved by it.I show Salt of the Earth to my students and I wonder how I can get a copy of this film to show them as well?James H. Williams, PhD Department of Social Work Savannah State University Savannah, GA 31404

It was without lasting regret and with deep satisfaction that, last night, I buried "One of the Hollywood Ten" to the innermost depths of my mind, hopefully never to see the light of consciousness again. I had followed the progress of this production for some time and was curious as to the outcome. I won't spoil the film for the uninitiated, who love to waste their time, by editorialising the film's content, for there is hardly any content! I knew very well of the Hollywood Ten and their struggle. But after 50 years and a couple of infinitely more superior movies I feel this topic has had its day and should, like the negative of this movie, be buried deep, deep underground.I have two reasons to gripe about "One of the Hollywood Ten". Firstly, it is hideously amateurish and fatally miscast with awful, cliched one liners that haven't been heard since Roosevelt was inaugurated President. There is little or no dramatic build up and some of the performances are so bad they have to be seen to be believed. My other reason for disliking this film is that it was made with money that could have gone into productions run by younger, newer and more competent people.Shame, shame, shame on the British Lottery rep who green lit this film for financial consideration. It really makes me question who is in charge of dispersing "film" lottery money. Did the BBC or the Lottery seriously think they would make a profit with this mess?Modern, "hip" producers I am sure love to make fun at the British film industry of yesterday for creating in the 40s, 50s and 60s so called "mass entertainment". But Arthur Rank, Lew Grade etc knew how to entertain an audience, and the BBC and the British lottery could well take a leaf from their books.With public money being spent on this preachy rubbish we don't deserve a film industry anymore.

I recently saw One of the Hollywood Ten at a screener. I think Jeff Goldblum does an exceedingly good job as Herbert Biberman as were some of the supporting players, especially the Spanish actors. I did have a problem with the overall style of the film which played more like a set of moving images rather than a "movie". Photographed quite beautifully by Nigel Walters but ultimately rather loosely and sloppily directed (almost amateurishly) with a number of obvious Brits putting on American accents, namely the usually brilliant John Sessions! This may win awards in the Icelandic Film Festival but Oscar will look the other way.