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Summary: POIGNANT COMING OF AGE STORY OF STAR CROSSED LOVERS...
Review: This is a deft directorial effort by Elia Kazan. The name of the film comes from some telling lines of poetry from Wordsworth that are thematic for what transpires in the film. It is a beautifully acted, well told, coming of age story. It is also a story about young love in all its innocence and hopefulness.The film takes the viewer to the bucolic Midwest of the nineteen twenties. There, the viewer meets small town, high school sweethearts, the lovely Wilma Dean Loomis (Natalie Wood) and the handsome and wealthy Bud Stamper (Warren Beatty). Wilma, "Deanie" to her friends, is head over heels in love with Bud, and he is head over heels in love with "Deanie". They want to get married right after graduation, and Bud wants to farm the family ranch. The only problem is Bud's Father. He wants Bud to cool it with "Deanie" and to see other girls for the fun of it. He wants Bud to attend an Ivy League college and put off getting married. Bud tries to comply and cools it with "Deanie". The problem is that things had heated up between them before the breakup, and "Deanie" cannot adjust to being without Bud. Her heartbreak is palpable, and Natalie Wood's performance is so poignant, the viewer can just about hear her heart break, when she sees Bud with another girl. It is her yearning for what was that ultimately brings her to the bittersweet edge of despair. Likewise, it is Bud's yearning for "Deanie" that makes him behave in ways that are contrary to his own interests. Well, the best laid plans often go awry, and things do not work out for Bud or "Deanie" the way they had originally planned. Their world is rent asunder by the vicissitudes of life and the impact of world events and others on their plans. What happens to "Deanie" and Bud when they come to a fork in the road, puts them on paths that may criss cross, but will never again see them travel on the same road at the same time. This is a heartrending story of star crossed lovers that is sure to touch the viewer. It is at the conclusion of the film that the beauty of Wordsworth's words are driven home and take root in the viewer's heart.
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Summary: BEST MOVIE
Review: This is one of the best of the classic movies. If you had more than five stars, this movie deserves them all.
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Summary: tragic beauty
Review: this is the perfect example of two naive young lovers, caught unaware, in the midst of an hormonal storm . beautifully and sensitively written ,and exquisitly casted .this is one of the most effective and emotional films . Beautiful! And very deep. A tragic beauty.
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Summary: Heartbreaking
Review: This movie is for anyone who ever lost something that meant everything.
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Summary: SO MUCH TENSION!!!
Review: THIS MOVIE IS TIED WITH CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF ...FOR BEING MY FAVORITE MOVIE....THIS MOVIE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL LOVE STORY FOR TEENS..I MEAN OF COURSE WARREN IS NOT AS HOT AS PAUL NEWMAN...BUT ...COME ON NOW HE'S STILL HOT...AND I THINK IT DEPICTS THE TRUTH ...IN THE SENSE OF PORTRAYING THE FEELINGS OF WANTING SOMEONE YOU CAN NEVER BE WITH..AND THE TENSION..OH, GOD COME ON NOW...HOW GREAT IS THIS MOVIE!!!!
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Summary: IT IS THE BEST FILM IN MY TEEN'S TIME
Review: THIS MOVIE MADE INMORTAL THIS LITTLE POOR GIRL NATALLIE WOOD, SHE WAS LIKE YOUR LIFE TOO
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Summary: I wish I could give this movie 10 stars!!!!!!!
Review: This movie was so poignant and profound, and the performances were so strong and heartrenching, that I cry everytime I see it. As mentioned in earlier reviews, the film is about two star-crossed lovers, Bud and Deanie, suppressed by the repressive sexual climate and standards of 1920s Kansas. Deanie's mother is determined to keep Deanie pure, while Bud's father is determined to live out his own unfulfilled dreams and ambitions through his son. All of the performances are strong, but I would also like to mention the understated, shy, "stay-in-the-background" role of Bud's mother, and the rebellious, fiery, independent spirit of Bud's sister, Ginny, who is condemned and ostracized by the town because she does not conform to societal expectations. I cannot recommend this movie enough. It is one of my all time favorites. I wish I could give it 10 stars!!!!!
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Summary: A CLASSIC LOVE STORY!!!!!
Review: WHAT A MOVIE. I LIKE THIS MOVIE IT IS GREAT. IT STARS BEAUTIFUL NATALIE WOOD AND WARREN BEATTY. LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT THEY REALLY WERE GOING TO GET MARRIED FOR REAL EVEN THOUGH THE MARRIAGE DIDN'T LAST.BUT THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE I ENJOYEDIT AND I LIKED IT .IT WAS SAD BUT IT WAS STILL OVERALL A GOOD MOVIE. I LIKE THIS MOVIE IT IS GREAT. IF YOU LIKE LOVE STORIES OR IF YOU LIKE NATALIE WOOD THEN YOU WOULD DEFINITELY ENJOY THIS MOVIE. I LOVE IT AND I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.
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Summary: Wow - what a Splendor
Review: What an amazing movie... It brought all the fustrations of two people who are in love and can't be together back to me. I was hoping through the whole movie that there would be a happy ending for Bud and Deanie, but to my surprise it was a different type of happiness. Two star-crossed lovers who couldn't be. Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood were wonderful and I can't wait to watch more movies by them. They sure did make much better movies before I was born. I would recommend this movie to any friends of mine.
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Summary: bittersweet romance
Review: When I glance at the TV Guide and see that this is coming on a certain date, a certain time...I get a bittersweet feeling toward my teenage years. Who hasn't had their heart broken as a teen, yet as an adult, look back and think , what a different person I was then! You think those years will last forever, but they go by so fast, and you will never get them back,,,I sound like Deanie as she explains the quote during english class...what a great movie!
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