Review of Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) by Marisa T — 26 Jan 2011

Y'know that thing, when you're watching a movie and you gotta pee, but you're waiting for a slow part?

... yeah ...

You're gonna bust a gut on this one ...

Newman is at his sexiest rogue best.

And Ms Page a deliciously vixen kitten;.

Together they generate a crackling heat with the kind of dialogue that litters quotable gems like lingerie on a bordello laundry-room floor.

Other story elements of social and political relevance also sparkle with the biting repartee of elegantly desperate people.

That's my fav aspect of this film.

Everyone, as befits the comportment of the times,.

Presents the epitome of elegance on the outside, and the most profound deperation inside.

Chance Wayne treads the finest line between the evil and the pure in him until his only freedom from desperation beats him to the saddest happy ending ever.