Featured Audience Ratings

• William D

  
  My God, there's another one. Another wonderful Joan Crawford movie that has been completely forgotten. I've lost count now of how many I have found. "Daisy Kenyon" from director Otto Preminger may have a bad title, but it's an interesting film. It's a… More
  My God, there's another one. Another wonderful Joan Crawford movie that has been completely forgotten. I've lost count now of how many I have found. "Daisy Kenyon" from director Otto Preminger may have a bad title, but it's an interesting film. It's a serious drama looking at the complexities of the human heart. Crawford plays a woman in love with a married man (Dana Andrews). Whereas most 1940s films took a melodramatic approach to this subject matter, "Daisy" never becomes a weepie. It looks relatively deeply into its characters to examine their struggles. It wrestles in a very adult way with the complexities of imperfect marriages. Made just after World War II, the film includes Henry Fonda as a somewhat shell-shocked vet trying to reintegrate into domestic life, feeling just a bit off-kilter. Fonda's lonely, disoriented character provides wonderful added dimensions that compassionately consider the plight of a million young men trying to deal with inner demons while acting as normal as possible. Why has a movie with so much intelligence and heart been so forgotten? I suspect that that "Mommie Dearest" thing did irrevocable damage to Crawford's reputation. Americans can't see her anymore without thinking of that. It's too bad. She may have been a monster at home. But she had an extraordinary movie career and made a stunning array of films that were wonderful.

• jay n

  
  Average drama with Joan emoting all over the place, Andrews and Fonda are an interesting contrast. One of the last times Crawford played a feminine character without the veneer of tough ballbuster that became her stock in trade as she aged.

• Randy T

  
  <i>Daisy Kenyon</i> is to film noir what <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> is to horror films. Sure, there are some noirish elements, but this is far more about sin than it is about crime. This is about two bulls (Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda) posturing for a battle… More
  <i>Daisy Kenyon</i> is to film noir what <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> is to horror films. Sure, there are some noirish elements, but this is far more about sin than it is about crime. This is about two bulls (Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda) posturing for a battle over a cow (guess who?). And for what? The winner gets to sleep with Joan Crawford??? That's the big grand prize??? Personally, I'd rather share a sleeping bag with Truman Capote.

• AJ V

  
  A pretty good romantic drama with a good cast, but it could be better.

• Veronique K

  
  "daisy kenyou" is another of those popularly cliched concepts on feministic romances in past cinema, always upon the issue of a woman's choice, stuck between two men in indecision. (in the same category, barbara stanwyck's "clash by night" is by far the… More
  "daisy kenyou" is another of those popularly cliched concepts on feministic romances in past cinema, always upon the issue of a woman's choice, stuck between two men in indecision. (in the same category, barbara stanwyck's "clash by night" is by far the best one..) briefly joan crawford is daisy kenyou who hesitates between the married cynic dana andrews and lovelorn idealist henry fonda. so she could have both in turns, troubled by the block of her own true wills. basically it's been developed upon some trivial psychological interactions blended with heavy dose of soap opera, even a well-carried one. after an accidental motorbile clash on the snowy road, she comes to realize what she really wants. the script is nothing refreshing but the whole flick gets sustained substantially with the three leads' pro-degreed performances. strangely the car-stumbling scene reminds me of elizabeth taylor's overrated "butterfield 8"...."daisy kenyou" seems to handle the assertion of woman's individualistic will of choices better than taylor's absurd demise in "butterfield 8"....at least "daisy kenyou" has been dubbed with a melodramatic decency to grant audience a replied answer instead of ceasing in the middle way bewilderingly without a conclusion. after all, daisy kenyou is earthily strengthful enough to survive to dignify this flick with a passable ending.