Review of Picnic (1955) by Scott C — 26 Jul 2008

William Holden is hot and Kim Novak is even hotter. Tension filled happy ending movie.

This review of Picnic (1955) was written by Scott C on 26 Jul 2008.

Picnic has generally received positive reviews.

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Ehhh...decent classic...i enjoyed the small town life aspect of the film..the cinematography was great...the town picnic seemed like a fun…

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An emorionally intense small-town melodrama, in which all the women are love or sex-starved, but is extremely well acted by William Holden,…

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*** (out of four) A well made, but dated adaption of the stage play. It isn't a bad movie, but is far from a gret one…

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This is the whitest white white person movie in the history of white people movies, its an entertaining slice of wonderbread…

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There isn't much love for Picnic among the critics or the people on here but I thought it was excellent…

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