Review of Rebel Without a Cause (1955) by Chiang L — 09 Feb 2010
A window into a time 55 years ago. I felt like I just watched a Tennesse Williams play adapted for the screen... only it was on my laptop DVD! The raw emotion of James Dean's acting is definitive of the star.
A tad bit melodramatic, although that is probably indicative of the movie making style of the time, stageplay style acting adapted to the big screen. Good performances all around, interesting story line, probably rehashed a million times by now in high school coming of age movies in various forms.
This is probably the root or the inspiration of them all that created the genre. It's interesting to see that the challenges of teenagers, families, peers and society hasn't really changed all that much from 55 years ago.
Humans were still humans and faced the same challenges and emotional needs in the context of their generation or era.
This review of Rebel Without a Cause (1955) was written by Chiang L on 09 Feb 2010.
Rebel Without a Cause has generally received very positive reviews.
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