This was Orson Welles's followup to
Citizen Kane and I have to suspect that's why it received the
attention it did from the academy. It was also based on a Pulitzer
Prize winning novel. I had pretty high hopes going in, especially as
it has taken a long time for this movie to become available.
Unfortunately, I was pretty disappointed. The protagonist is an
unredeemable brat, but I could live with that if something truly
compelling was happening to those around him. Other than an
underdeveloped unrequited romance of his mother's, there's really
nothing to latch on to. A very forgettable film.
44 to go...
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