Review of Picnic

 While this did have the pacing and feel of a Broadway production, I got a kick out of the various performances. I'm also doing a full star for the picnic sequence, mostly because the director allowed the events to unfold at a leisurely pace. The three-legged race, the pie-eating contest, the barbershop Quartet, and so many other sequences allowed me to linger in that world, which was appreciated. One of the grandest moments of that sequence was the introduction of the "picnic queen," played by Kim Novak's character, as she drifted down the river in a swan boat as the townspeople let out a chant led by the town elders. Truly something to behold.