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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100EmpireAdam SmithEmpireAdam SmithNewman is at his very best, and the cinematography is backing him up every step of the way. Must-see material.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineNewman's performance is unquestionably the best thing about this brutal portrait of humanity.
- 70The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherUgly, powerful drama. [28 May 1963]
- 70Time OutTime OutPretensions are kept nicely damped down by the performances (all four principals are great) and by Wong Howe's magnificent camerawork.
- 50Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezRemarkably dull Hud more or less plays out as a home-on-the-range knock-off of Nicholas Ray’s brilliant Rebel Without a Cause.