"Blood on the Bar" was praised by film critics and commercial success as soon as it was released. It consolidated Newman's position as the most box office actor of that era, and was described as "the touchstone of an era." Newman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, George Kennedy won the Supporting Actor Award, Pierce and Pearson were nominated for the Original Adaptation Award, and the soundtrack written by Laro Schifflin also won the Original Soundtrack Award. Nominate. In 2005, "Blood on the Bars" was included in the National Film Preservation Committee under the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for its "notable achievements in culture, history, and aesthetics." As of October 31, 2013, the film still maintains 100% freshness on rotten tomatoes. The line "What we've got here is failure to communicate" said by the warden in the film (meaning "our communication here ended in failure", also translated as "we can't communicate at all") is also in the American Film and Television Association Ranked 11th in the AFI 100-year-old film lines selected in 2005.
In 2003, the American Film Arts Association selected AFI's 100-year-old heroes and villains. Luke ranked 30th in the list of heroes. Three years later, the film also ranked 71st in the AFI's 100-year-old inspirational movies. Bit. In 2005, "Blood on the Bars" was included in the National Film Preservation Committee under the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for its "notable achievements in culture, history, and aesthetics." In 2006, "Empire" magazine selected "100 Greatest Movie Characters" and Luke ranked 53rd. The film consolidated Newman's status as the most popular actor at the time, and was described as "the touchstone of an era."
Pierce’s novel was adapted by Emma Reeves (Emma Reeves) into a stage play at the West End Theatre, and premiered in London, starring Mark Warren, but stopped due to poor reviews only two months later show. "Time" selected the play into the list of "Critics' Choice" and "Critics Willing to Pay to See".
"Variety" praised Newman for his "excellent" performance, and many supporting roles are also "versatile and capable." "The New York Times" praised Pierce and Pearson’s "sharp script", Rosenbober’s reasonable grasp of the ruthless reality and director skills, as well as Newman’s "excellent" performance and impeccable actors, making the film more attractive than other similar works. sublimation. As of the end of October 2013, the film still maintained 100% "freshness" on Rotten Tomatoes, and 45 review articles gave an average score of 8.8. The consensus evaluation on the website praised the film's brilliant script, and Paul Newman also gave one of the most outstanding performances in his acting career. "Empire" magazine gave the movie a five-star high rating (the highest five-star), saying it was one of Newman's best performances. "Slant" (Slant) magazine gave a three-star evaluation (up to four stars), praised Newman's role as an "idol", and praised the film's photography and soundtrack performance. Allmovie also praised Newman's performance, calling him "one of the most indelible anti-authoritarian heroes in film history."
Film critic Roger Ebert included the film on his list of "Great Movies", giving it a high rating of four stars (the highest four stars). He said that this was a "great" film and also an anti-system film during the Vietnam War. He believed that when the film was born, no major production company would be interested in making such a film that is still full of "corporal punishment". , Psychological abuse and despair, sadism and masochism are equivalent" movies. He praised the film’s photography and said that Paul Newman was the reason for the success of this film. His smile, blue and innocent eyes and unobtrusive temperament, no other actor can perform as effectively as him. Out of these characteristics.
However, Newman's biographer Lawrence J. Quirk believes that Newman's performance in this film is very general and believes that he did not show the charm that he should have in this film. However, he believes that Newman's performance has improved in the second half of the movie, saying that he still did his best to play such a role that is almost impossible to play well, because Luke is just a rationalized fantasy of criminals, and has never been a man. People who really exist. During the film’s release, some writers criticized the description of prisoners’ lives. "Life" praised the film's photography in a review article entitled "Sheer Beauty in the Wrong Place" (Sheer Beauty in the Wrong Place), but criticized the visual style of the shots in the prison camp. The article claims that although some guards are present, these shots have turned the prison into a resting place, where people can get enough sleep and food, and healthy outdoor sports. Ron Clooney also criticized the film’s depiction of prison life as divorced from reality, saying that the prison is “not a hotel, let alone as described in "Blood on the Bars."
