"Gentlemen's Agreement" is a well-established didactic film, and even if this film is measured among films critical of racial discrimination, it is hardly a top choice. In "Gentlemen's Agreement," screenwriter Moss Hagen and director Elijah Kazan disappointed audiences with their performances. In terms of narrative method, the film adopts the most common flat and straightforward method, and the whole film wastes a quarter of the space on irrelevant explanations, which also reflects that Elijah Kazan's directing method is not. concise. In the film, the role of the camera seems to be just to explain the story, and the picture itself has no image charm at all. In the film, the crisis faced by the male protagonist has never reached a climax, and many scenes that could have created contradictions ended in nothing. The only time the actor takes the initiative to attack is also weak and weak, completely lacking the dramatic tension that can arouse the emotions of the audience
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In "Gentlemen's Agreement", the director completely adopts the "black and white dichotomy" to shape the characters, which makes the characters in the film appear thin and fleshless, and it is difficult to establish eternal artistic vitality. Gentlemen's Agreement does not make a strong accusation against the anti-Semites who actually commit injustice, so from a moral standpoint, it is difficult for the film to be recognized by the audience. As a film centered on the discussion of moral issues, the director cannot grasp the ambiguity and complexity of morality, so "Gentlemen's Agreement" is not a successful film
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