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Muni is, in fact, the whole film, with the exception of one small section that Joseph Schildkraut, as Dreyfus, firmly claims for his own. Muni is superb. Every gesture, every line is put over with immense care and artistry.

Preliminary adjectives are inadequate and useless in any analysis of Paul Muni's The Life of Emile Zola. Simply call it "the perfect motion picture" and the ground has been covered eloquently.

The Life of Emile Zola has that much-over-worked thing called "grandeur" in the true sense of the term. It's an impressive picture that holds interest throughout the hour and 55 minutes that it stays on the screen.

[The Life of Emile Zola] quickens the mind and spirit and lifts the cinema to its highest peak of achievement. It is a genuine work of art.

The Life of Emile Zola is, considering the many good things in it, a worthy film. But it is not among the best, and in the nature of things it could not be. Zola's characteristic deeds were his books, and a series of books is not a story.