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A Raisin in the Sun (1961): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

8.0IMDb
91%Tomatometer
87Metacritic
7.7TMDB

A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 drama, romance film directed by Daniel Petrie. It scores 8.0 on IMDb, 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, 87 on Metacritic, 7.7 on TMDB. Audiences and critics largely agree: IMDb users and Metacritic critics are within 7 points of each other once scaled to 100. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 9 of 72 films from 1961 in our catalog and number 100 of 1,511 romance films.

Billed cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler.

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