Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field, Cliff Robertson
William Holden is the hunky drifter who rides the rails into a small Midwest town with dreams of landing a "respectable" job with his rich college buddy (Cliff Robertson). Kim Novak is the small-town ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 18, 2000
Stats: 102 reviews
"picnic" is william holden's attempt to flaunt that he could also be a romantic lead after his comeptent portrait of rugged veteran characters in various testicle-launched war flicks like "stalag 17" or "the bridge at toko-ri" or "the wild bunch"(in his older days)..this time he ...( read more)
a film about willian holdens abs? although it at first sounds very shallow it actually is emotionally disturbing and that's the stuff that keeps ya watching. you know the characters arent very likeable but you still wanna see how it turns out and who does what fucked up thing nex...( read more)
Alittle overheated but Kim is beautiful and all the performances are well done.
I'm not sure how I feel about this film. There is large amount of melodrama, which I had trouble connecting with, but the story itself is intriguing. Events at the picnic lurch from good to bad to worse, so it keeps one wondering what direction things will turn to next.
Only caught a few opening minutes of Picnic before I had to get ready for work and I liked what I've seen so far.
Pretty cool. Every scene shared by Holden and Novak is movie magic. All the dresses Novak wore gave the entire screen a colorful feel, and I'm finally sbeggining to see what the fuss over Holden is about.
One of my favorites. Realy the couple Holden-Novak is sensational.
The words, the permormance by Russell, the creation of a marvelous atmosphere of the 50's and the way they live is realy marvelous as is the direction of Logan and is the play that inspired the movie.
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