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By Jeff B (2,998) on 03 Apr 2011

Well, this certainly is a sappy romance from the 50s, but it's also certainly well told and delivered…

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By Edith N (976) on 11 Dec 2010

Possibly if I'd seen this Sirk film first, I would have rated it higher…

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By Benjamin S (705) on 04 Oct 2010

Great Melodrama about a very unorthodox Love which is reached by Accidents…

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By Daniel C (1,809) on 28 Apr 2010

Sirk is cinematic cake. So bad for you, but so goddamn delicious…

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By Darwin V (9) on 10 Apr 2010

An accident leads to death. The death leads to another accident. And the second accident leads to…

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By Lynne N (168) on 04 Apr 2010

The plot is a little far-fetched, even for Sirk, but that is just one flaw and is easily forgiven…

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By James P (1,130) on 18 Mar 2010

Tenderly touches on the strains of remorse and forgiveness, primarily through Hudson's sympathetic performance and Russell Metty's gentle Technicolor…

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By Mark S (2,772) on 17 Dec 2009

Melodrama a plenty in this tale about a wealthy playboy and what he does with his money...and his love…

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By Tom B (1,265) on 10 Oct 2009

America learns the horrible price of Rock Hudson's destiny in this lavishly ravaging, tongue-in-cheek melodrama…

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By James H (4,675) on 28 Sep 2009

It's certainly high on melodrama and tends to by a bit cornball and over the top, but it certainly is well produced and well acted by Jane…

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By Karl S (177) on 04 Aug 2009

This is a wonderful movie of the fifties, with a cast of stars that in today?s film world would be unheard off…

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By Bryan T (261) on 05 Jun 2009

People keep forgetting that melodrama was a serious genre (or subgenre, more exactly) before it was butchered by daytime television…

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By Eric F (636) on 29 May 2009

Share the plot of Douglas Sirk's Magnificent Obsession to a loved one and they'll ask what soap opera you're referencing…

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By Russell G (1,053) on 04 May 2009

The girl I like is blind. I better go to medical school! ~ A.V. Club…

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By Variety Staff (1,156) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Mar 2009

It is a sensitive treatment of faith told in terms of moving, human drama which packs emotional impact…

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By Yoli G (30) on 13 Mar 2009

Even for a Douglas Sirk film this is very sappy and over the top…

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By Cecilia C (159) on 03 Mar 2009

Well-made, with spectacular use of colour. But it's all a bit far-fetched…

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By Lauren S (792) on 01 Mar 2009

So wonderfully overwrought and impossible - it totally works magic…

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By Patrick D (1,000) on 01 Feb 2009

Expressive colours, Incredible emotions, dramatic twists…

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By Bryan M (443) on 26 Jan 2009

I watched this after hearing it mentioned in an interview by quentin tarantino of all people…

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