Pros: acting, scenery, directing, story Cons: none
It doesn’t get any better than this - handsome leading man and demure leading lady, stirrings of love, beautiful scenery, outstanding line delivery, great music and an intelligent presentation. This was movies when movies were movies. All That ...
Pros: Many things: see review. Cons: Not really worth mentioning.
"Time, if nothing else, will vindicate Douglas Sirk..." - Andrew Sarris, from his 1968 book American Cinema A German immigrant who fled the Nazis in the 1930s, Douglas Sirk is best remembered for having directed a series of ...
Pros: Great cast, beautiful scenery, romantic. Cons: The conflict may be hard to relate to today.
During my childhood I had a hopeless crush on Rock Hudson and watched this movie every time it came on TV. It'd been about 10 years since I'd seen it when I discovered the DVD was available on NetFlix. The Story Middle-Aged, wealthy widow Ca ...
Pros: Simply stunning lump-in-your-throat melodrama from the Master, Sirk Cons: If you don't like melodrama, you may find this... melodramatic.
Born Detlef Sierck, Douglas Sirk had a successful career in German theatre before he was forced to leave the country in 1937. Sirk's leftist politics and Jewish wife made him a potential target for oppression (and probably worse), so he came to...
Pros: This is lush 1950's film-making that will lull you - and dazzle you. Cons: Wyman does look too old for Rock in this one.
In the terrific interview with Director Douglas Sirk that is included with this Criterion DVD - he explains that Universal-International executives were intrigued by this film's title. They were convinced audiences would anticipate being given ALL that...
Pros: 3 words: 1950s Hollywood Melodrama Cons: 3 words: 1950s Hollywood Melodrama
For starters, Mr. Bun Bun loves circa 1940's-1950's Hollywood for many reasons. Many of those reasons are why I thoroughly enjoyed "All That Heaven Allows". If you like the classical Hollywood star system, circa 1950s fashion,...
A wealthy and attractive New England widow stirs up small town gossip and the wrath of her children when she falls in love with her sexy, much younger...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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