If...

Name: If...
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1978-01-01
Rating: 8

DramaRomance2h 10m

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90%

Tomatometer

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87%

Popcornmeter

8.0

TMDB

Storyline

Follows the love between journalist Anna Knyazeva and Nikolai Malyshev, a surgeon at one of the city hospitals.

Details

DirectorsAleksandr Dunayev, Gennady Sayfulin, Aleksandr Pokrovsky

ReleasedJan 1, 1978

StatusReleased

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

6 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“Incendiary, subversive, and darkly humorous, If.... is a landmark of British countercultural cinema.”

90% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Pauline Kael

RTThe New YorkerJul 6, 2022

The ways in which Anderson tries to illustrate the desire for freedom are so mechanical and carry so little conviction that I think one may conclude that the heroes are shooting because he needs to discharge his rage.

Adam Nayman

RTThe RingerApr 6, 2020

From its title on down, If ... is a movie about the power and peril of imagination, and the seductive thrill of wishing that we might externalize our inner lives for all to see and fear.

Ben Walsh

RTIndependent (UK)Mar 20, 2020

If.... remains a relevant and visceral howl at the "Establishment".

Matt Brunson

RTFilm FrenzyMay 18, 2026

A key British film of the 1960s.