I would not have caught this film on AMC, late on a Sunday evening, except I had to be up to receive a business call from Europe, to come early Monday morning there, and after 1 a.m. my time.
My opinion of it would agree - almost word-for-word - with "Rocky's" favorable one of the two prior ones in this comment section.
So I won't add any duplicate detail, except to say that I thought the performances were all credible, and particularly enjoyed the nostalgic aspects as well as the story line itself.
Seeing movies such as this, with stars who have long departed, at points when their careers still had a number of years left, adds an extra dimension, even where the work may fall short of "Citizen Kane, or "Gone With the Wind."
And perhaps of equal - or even greater - interest is seeing such a cast filmed in the mode of productions as made decades ago.
A good, solid 7 or 8* film, but, in my opinion, rating 9* with the cast nostalgia provided,
My opinion of it would agree - almost word-for-word - with "Rocky's" favorable one of the two prior ones in this comment section.
So I won't add any duplicate detail, except to say that I thought the performances were all credible, and particularly enjoyed the nostalgic aspects as well as the story line itself.
Seeing movies such as this, with stars who have long departed, at points when their careers still had a number of years left, adds an extra dimension, even where the work may fall short of "Citizen Kane, or "Gone With the Wind."
And perhaps of equal - or even greater - interest is seeing such a cast filmed in the mode of productions as made decades ago.
A good, solid 7 or 8* film, but, in my opinion, rating 9* with the cast nostalgia provided,