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The Children's Hour (1961): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

7.8IMDb
80%Tomatometer
49Metacritic
7.7TMDB

The Children's Hour is a 1961 drama film directed by William Wyler. It scores 7.8 on IMDb, 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, 49 on Metacritic, 7.7 on TMDB. Audiences and critics disagree: scaled to 100, IMDb users give it 78 while Metacritic critics give it 49, a gap of 29 points in favor of audiences. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 10 of 72 films from 1961 in our catalog and number 392 of 3,595 drama films.

Billed cast: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter, Karen Balkin.

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