Review of The Fountainhead (1949) by George M — 26 Dec 2015

I was too old (24) to be dazzled by the novel and much too old (late 30s) to enjoy the film as anything other than a camp period piece. I wondered why the dialogue was so awful until I read that Rand wrote the script herself and forbade anyone to change a word.

Gary Cooper comes across as a cartoonish B-movie hero, all clenched jaw and tense muscles. Patricia Neal has the same B-movie presence as a Strong Woman. But then, Objectivism and Rand's writing style are silly stuff, so I probably should have expected a profoundly silly movie.

I give it 2 stars for at least being amusing in a MST3000 sort of way.