Ragtime

1981

Action / Drama

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 77% · 20 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 11422 11.4K

new york city based on novel or book jazz singer or musician public murder racism class differences

Plot summary

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Director

Milos Forman Photo
Milos Forman

Top cast

Samuel L. Jackson Photo
Samuel L. Jackson as Gang Member No. 2
Pat O'Brien Photo
Pat O'Brien as Delphin
Derek Martin Photo
Derek Martin as Waldo's Aide No. 2
Burnell Tucker Photo
Burnell Tucker as Reporter
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.27 GB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 35 min
Seeds 2
2.46 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 35 min
Seeds 21

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by johnbee-1 8 / 10

Well Done!

Reviewed by ma-cortes 7 / 10

The passions and complex lives of a wealthy family weave into the scandals and happenings of 1906 America and complicated by a small , unthinking act

Reviewed by randysch1 8 / 10

It doesn't do the impossible, but so what?

A short commentary: Having read through a few of the comments here, I note that there are several which express disappointment that the movie didn't do the book justice. Personally, having read the book some time after seeing the movie, I can understand their point, but realistically it's the type of book which would be nearly be impossible to do justice to, as there are so many broad interwoven threads in the book that it would require at least a 6 hour movie to even scratch the surface, and even then, putting it all together into a singular coherent whole which would hold the viewer's interest for that long would be quite a mean feat indeed. So instead of looking at it as an attempt to fully capture the book, it might be best to simply appreciate it for what it is, rather than what it isn't. And I believe that on its own terms it succeeds admirably, and remains one of my favorite movies of all time. Another way of looking at this, as an introduction to the book, rather than vice versa it has some value on those terms. Perhaps if I hadn't seen the movie I might never have happened upon the book, and never known what I'd missed.
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