Review of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) by Lloyd Rose for Washington Post — 16 Sep 1996
Brando's performance as Stanley is one of those rare screen legends that are all they're cracked up to be: poetic, fearsome, so deeply felt you can barely take it in. In the hands of other actors, Stanley is like some nightmare feminist critique of maleness: brutish and infantile.
Brando is brutish, infantile and full of a pain he can hardly comprehend or express. The monster suffers like a man. [Restored version].
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This review of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) was written by Lloyd Rose and published by Washington Post on 16 Sep 1996.
A Streetcar Named Desire has generally received very positive reviews.
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