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Imitation of Life (1934): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

7.5IMDb
88%Tomatometer
72Metacritic
7.0TMDB

Imitation of Life is a 1934 drama, romance film directed by John M. Stahl. It scores 7.5 on IMDb, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, 72 on Metacritic, 7.0 on TMDB. Audiences and critics largely agree: IMDb users and Metacritic critics are within 3 points of each other once scaled to 100. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 7 of 80 films from 1934 in our catalog and number 285 of 1,511 romance films.

Billed cast: Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks, Fredi Washington.

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