This was an okay movie adaptation of a great book. The drowning scene as just as harrowing in the movie as in the book. Newman and Remick didn't quite work for me, but I thought both Henry Fonda and Michael Sarrazin were right on.
This review of Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) was written by Brian I on 01 Mar 2008.
Sometimes a Great Notion has generally received positive reviews.
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