Streetcar Named Desire

Pros: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Direction, Cinematography
Cons: Ending kind of anti-climactic, should have stopped when the mirror broke

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Marlon Brando was a shooting star; a guy that came along and quickly cut a wide swath in the movie industry, only to burn out in a short time. A Streetcar Named Desire was his first big film, opposite ...

Pros: Ensemble performance, Great writing
Cons: Nothing worth mentioning

A Streetcar Named Desire would mark the beginning of a golden era for Marlon Brando. He was heralded by many as the star of the 1950’s and his roles would include Mark Anthony, Napoleon, and most famously Terry Malloy. In fact if you asked people ...

Pros: performances, setting, pace, story
Cons: ending differs slightly from the play, original censorship

I didn’t first view the classic A Streetcar Named Desire until I was already in my late twenties. I was a huge fan of Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind and wanted to check out the only other role of hers that was talked ...

Pros: Brando, Hunter and Leigh; magnificent play by Tennessee Williams, brilliant directing by Kazan
Cons: They sound like New York kids faking Southern accents

Who has not, at some point, seen some aspiring actor covering his face with his hands, his voice full of passion and obsessive need, crying "Stella! Stella!' to an upstairs window? You haven't? Well, I must have strange acquaintances, and let's just...

Pros: Brando, the plot, and Stella.
Cons: Too much stage, not enough film.

Looking around, I think I may be the first person on this website, or even in the history of the world, who doesn't dig A Streetcar Named Desire (the audience snarls). But please, try to understand. I'm sure there's something in the world that ...

Pros: KAZAN, script, BRANDO, all acting, score, cinematography
Cons: Brando (see below), ENDING, not as strong as the play

This is one of those movies shrouded in legend – that it is brilliant, that Marlon Brando gives one of the best and most influential performances in history, that its ending is a travesty, and it possesses some of the most poetic dialogue written for the...

Pros: Tennessee Williams; Elia Kazan; Vivian Leigh; Marlon Brando; Kim Hunter; The Set; EXCELLENT ACTING!
Cons: May be a bit dated for the younger crowd; None for me!

I watched A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE last night on Turner Classic Movies. It had been a long, long time since I last saw this movie, because being as excellent as it is, I had chosen to write a paper about the movie and the play of the same name for...

Pros: Sexy, well acted, exciting, motion picture history, Brando
Cons: Spousal abuse

What do you think of todays leading man? Think of the hottest, most talented and exciting romantic leading man, and thank Mr. Brando, who broke the mold in A Streetcar Named Desire. Before he walked onto the set of the New Orleans set that won ...

Pros: Great acting from Brando and complex characters.
Cons: Due to censors some vital things were merely hinted at.

This movie was my first experience with the magnificent force that is Brando. Even after watching all his other films, I still hold that this is his best performance and perhaps the best performance of any actor. The plot follows a aging woman, ...

Pros: Powerhouse performances (esp. Brando) and script
Cons: underlying sexual tension won't sit well with bluenoses

A Streetcar Named Desire remains a touchstone for both theater and cinema in America. It continues to influence generations of moviegoers (it was most recently referenced in the Spanish film All About My Mother). And whenever someone wails...

Pros: direction, cast, sets
Cons: characters, talky

One problem common to most plays that have been adapted for the movies is that there's too much dialogue, and not enough action. Scenes of two people talking (or, more likely, one person mostly talking and one person mostly listening) seem to stretch on...

Pros: great acting, great plot
Cons: none

Director Elia Kazan emphasized both high and low aspects of Stanley’s behavior: an air of nobility in the way he runs his house, his mean survivor strategies and vulgarity, and undisguised sexual appreciation. Stanley is also humorous in a physical way:...

Pros: Excellent performances
Cons: None

"A Streetcar Named Desire" is a masterpiece and a film classic. This story adapted from the novel by Tennessee Williams is incredible.

It's the tale of an aging Southern woman visiting her poor relation, sister, and her husband in...

Pros: Talented cast.
Cons: Boring.

Over the years I have attempted to "get into" this "Hollywood Classic" and each and every time I wonder why I bother. I saw it again last night on one of the pay channels. Who wants to see a unstable school teacher (Vivien Leigh) and...

Pros: Tennessee Williams rules!
Cons: They changed the ending!

The problem with Tennessee Williams is that his plays always suffer in Hollywood format. Example: happy endings. While a good movie, having read the actual play causes me a twinge of regret at the end. Not because Blanche is led off to the nut...