Review of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) by Pauline Kael for The New Yorker — 30 Jul 2014
The performances are sweltering...This isn’t a good thing. Yes, it’s fitting for the setting – a humid, suffocating Louisiana mansion where the family of an ailing tycoon (Burl Ives) connives to inherit his fortune – but the overall result is like watching a melodrama in a sauna.
It’s just too much.
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This review of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) was written by Pauline Kael and published by The New Yorker on 30 Jul 2014.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has generally received very positive reviews.
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