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The Children's Hour review

Posted : 4 years, 8 months ago on 21 July 2019 03:49

Great in most part of it, just object the last part, in wich teatrical origin is a bit heavy. But, acting and directing is excellent as almost always with Wyler...


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A good movie

Posted : 12 years, 10 months ago on 11 May 2011 02:16

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, it is rather difficult to fairly judge this flick after so many years. Obviously, I am pretty sure that many people would be shocked when watching this movie as the whole thing was pretty intolerant towards gay people. Even Shirley MacLaine herself, 30 years later, said she was quite ashamed by this movie. In my opinion, I think it is important to remember that it was made 50 years ago and I believe that it was quite groundbreaking to dare making such a movie back in those days (in fact, homosexuality in movies was simply downright forbidden by the production code at the time). Even though sometimes I have a hard time to be tolerant with a movie showing some backwards beliefs (I barely can stand 'The Birth of a Nation' for example), with this movie, it wasn't unbearable. Beside this controverse, it was a very well made movie with some very good performances by Shirley MacLaine and Audrey Hepburn. Anyway, to conclude, even though it is a movie that didn't grow old very well, I still think it is an interesting watch and I believe that it is worth a look, if you manage to keep an open mind.


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