Review of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) by Justin F — 20 Nov 2008

The movie "street car named desire" is an excellent film capturing the deceptions, anger, frustration, distrust, and sometimes the delusional behavior of people. Vivien Leigh as Blanche played a terrific role as an older woman struggling with her own grasp on reality and essentially sanity.

From her sketchy past to her unbelievable fabricated stories, she puts on a show for the audience with her erratic behavior and emotions. Marlon Brando playing Stanley, Blanche's brother-in-law, sees right through Blanche claiming that she has never "pulled the wool over this boy's eyes" from the beginning of the film and is a terrific antagonist to her.

Brando has a powerful performance with his intense anger and lack of self control against his wife, friends and especially Blanche, but is also humorous with his witty remarks from time to time in response to Blanche's fake lifestyle and personality.

In the end, the movie is truly a work of art, playing on stellar acting performances instead of having to rely on cheap antics and CGI to make the movie really worth while.