Review of Picnic (1955) by Fernando R — 02 Oct 2007

Historia de amor en un pueblo americano con Kim Novak.

This review of Picnic (1955) was written by Fernando R on 02 Oct 2007.

Picnic has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Picnic

Review of Picnic (1955)

By Rob F (285) on 04 Feb 2009

Starts out like a chick flick, turns into an epic…

Read Review

Review of Picnic (1955)

By Anthony J (283) on 13 May 2015

I hade very high hopes for Picnic…

Read Review

Review of Picnic (1955)

By Byron B (1,084) on 07 Jul 2008

Roger Ebert had a reasoning for his 2 stars for this picture that does make sense to me…

Read Review

Review of Picnic (1955)

By Anna L (514) on 26 Jan 2011

Caught this on TV recently and found it to be overall mediocre, but enjoyable in spots…

Read Review

Review of Picnic (1955)

By Richard C (1,724) on 25 Jul 2012

One the most talked about & commercially successful film of 1955...but I honestly can't see why...it didn't do an awful lot for me…

Read Review

Review of Picnic (1955)

By Steve B (1,343) on 16 Aug 2015

Saw it in theater back then. Think I liked it…

Read Review

Review of Picnic (1955)

By Evelyn M (320) on 25 Mar 2008

Overlong and overacted adaptation of William Inge's play…

Read Review

Review of Picnic (1955)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Mar 2011

An emorionally intense small-town melodrama, in which all the women are love or sex-starved, but is extremely well acted by William Holden,…

Read Review

Review of Picnic (1955)

By Ron S (244) on 19 May 2008

Very interesting looking back in time, but had to laugh at the stereotypes. I wonder if it was that era's version of Footloose…

Read Review

Review of Picnic (1955)

By Paul D (6,077) on 27 Jun 2011

Not a darling of the critics, Picnic has suffered from robust shellackings by popular voices such as the renowned Roger Ebert -- with whom…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Top Hat (1935)

By Brian P (1,844) on 10 Dec 2006

I don't really have anything positive to say about this movie, so I will just leave it at that…

Read Review

Review of Striptease (1996)

By Steve Crum (868) for Kansas City Kansan (274) on 22 Oct 2004

Burt is the highlight, reason to see--besides Demi's bod…

Read Review

Review of The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

By Viggos. (1) on 06 Jun 2009

I always thought that Gerard Butler was straight, but I don't anymore. this movie is so boring, that it would kill a hamster…

Read Review

Review of The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

By Hugethorn (5) on 24 Jun 2012

Worth the rent for sure. As an adult, I was creeped out for a while just walking around my dark house…

Read Review

Review of A Few Good Men (1992)

By Konrad A (604) on 14 Mar 2017

For having it be a drama movie it's not good Plus this movie seems too serious and it can't be funny with too much arguing which I think makes…

Read Review

Review of Hairspray (2007)

By Tylerg. (20) on 07 Aug 2007

My girlfriend wanted me to go see it, so I did for one reason, because John Travolta is in my favorite movie of all time (Pulp Fiction), but…

Read Review

Review of Pandora's Box (1929)

By Rachel G (314) on 30 Nov 2007

Terribly long, and the story is confusing. Also, the music doesn't fit the scenes it accompanies at all…

Read Review

Review of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

By Rick Q (325) on 23 Feb 2013

So poorly done it is beyond description. It's the script, it's horrible. Welles must be spinning in his grave…

Read Review

Review of Lolita (1962)

By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 25 May 2012

Irons' doleful lassitude sucks the energy right out of the story and makes this listlessly directed adaptation droop all the more…

Read Review

Review of Grease (1978)

By Tentaclessquidw (2) on 26 Mar 2022

I hate this film its one of the worst films I have ever watched so I give it a zero if I could I would give it negative…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Picnic

1955

63%70 Reviews

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

2011

58%14 Reviews

A Cinderella Story

2004

53%437 Reviews

Sam Was Here

2016

48%3 Reviews

Spies in Disguise

2019

71%61 Reviews

Taken

2004

59%703 Reviews

Howling III

1987

32%67 Reviews

Ball of Fire

1941

80%132 Reviews

The Perfect Man

2005

51%405 Reviews

Heart of Glass

1976

68%95 Reviews