Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.
Picnic has generally received positive reviews.
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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000
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Picnic was released in 1955 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 70 reviews, giving Picnic (1955) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 72%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Picnic than critics were.
With a score of 63%, Picnic is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1955, which stands at 60%.
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