Review of From Here to Eternity (1953) by Antóin Seán M — 22 Feb 2010
Leisurely paced WWII story about the months preceding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. Best remembered for the romantic rendezvous between Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr embracing on the beach as the waves crash over them.
Be that as it may, this film is better appreciated as an acting powerhouse featuring one of the greatest casts of any film. Montgomery Clift is memorable as a private whose life is made miserable by an army captain when he refuses to fight in the regiment's boxing team.
Burt Lancaster is also excellent as a sergeant involved in an affair with his commander's wife. Too emotionally sentimental to be a war movie and too macho to be a romantic drama. This entertaining (albeit overrated) literary adaptation fits somewhere in the middle.
Received thirteen Academy Award nominations and won eight, including Best Picture.
This review of From Here to Eternity (1953) was written by Antóin Seán M on 22 Feb 2010.
From Here to Eternity has generally received very positive reviews.
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