very decent effort/statement about social status and the simple things that really are important. everyone involved did a good job. camera-work was sublime. only actor i knowingly have seen before is rock hudson. worth seeing once for sure!
"All That Heaven Allows" is not unlike other films that criticize the shallow lifestyles of bourgeois elitists. The film suggests that the people who get by on status recognition or how quick they are in picking up new trends are lifeless shells walking amongst us. Where it's dif...( read more)
Yes it's basically a chick flick and yes all it really delivers is a message that you shouldn't give a baker's fuck what other people think, especially if you're in love. But it's very beautiful and it's got a happy ending. And you really need that sometimes...
Better than the previous years "Magnificent Obsession", also with Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman. Again a typically melodramatic story but the Douglas Sirk touch makes it well worth watching. Gorgeous cinematography by Russell Metty.
Beautiful '50s melodrama.
How one can not love every second of delicious torture that's all so engrossing and entertaining is beyond me.
It's so difficult to judge movies from past eras, especially ones from the 50's. You have to pretend you're back in that time (even if you never were) and act as if the social boundaries of latter years are things that haven't happened yet. That was really tough to do with this...( read more)
Old lady likes young dude. Obviously being a cougar in the 1950s is different from today. Still, not a very interesting movie.
The film that inspired Todd Haynes to make Far from Heaven. This is Sirk's quintessential work. It's both a melodramatic soap opera and a highly intelligent drama loaded with subtext. It's heart-wrenching and dramatically suspenseful. Simply put: a masterpiece ahead of its time.
It's a very touching story and I'm glad that it turns out well because it would have make me so mad to know that she ruined her life because of the others and that they finally let her down. Jane Wyman is making the movie as well as the director, who made awesome cinematography. ...( read more)
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