Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
Sweet Bird of Youth has generally received positive reviews.
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Sweet Bird of Youth was released in 1962 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 52 reviews, giving Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) an average rating of 66%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 64%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Sweet Bird of Youth than critics were.
With a score of 66%, Sweet Bird of Youth is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1962, which stands at 63%.
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