Review of Splendor in the Grass (1961) by Adam S — 15 Feb 2010
Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty make one good looking pair of sexually repressed teenagers in this William Inge/Elia Kazan film that seems to presage the sexual revolution by about a year. Top performances, always a Kazan specialty, highlight the tale of two high school seniors confused about what they want, and what society (and their old fashioned parents) deems they should do, in terms of their raging hormones, in a late 20's Middle America drunk on breaking prohibition but hypocritical about youngsters and their Jazz Age freedoms.
Barbara Loden and Pat Hingle steal the show as Beatty's slutty flapper sister and their stern oil-man father.
This review of Splendor in the Grass (1961) was written by Adam S on 15 Feb 2010.
Splendor in the Grass has generally received very positive reviews.
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