Review of The Brothers Karamazov (1958) by Tom C — 10 May 2012
"Lunatic, I Loathe You." Yul Brynner is a monster of a man as he battles it out with his equally monstrous father Lee J Cobb, exchanging violent wits as well as crushing gorilla punches. It all has something to do with money, women, and the existence of god and their rivalry will eventually tear down the rest of the family.
Shatner plays the young pious Alexey with an incredibly creepy sinister stare of righteousness. Richard Basehart is his atheist opposite and their minor philosophical struggles provide respite when Breyner and Cobb aren't throttling each other.
I have no idea if this is a good adaptation of the book cuz I can never get past the first fifty pages of those Russian epic depressed fests, but the movie is long and enjoyably brutal. VF.
This review of The Brothers Karamazov (1958) was written by Tom C on 10 May 2012.
The Brothers Karamazov has generally received positive reviews.
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