Review of The Long, Hot Summer (1958) by Noel K — 19 Apr 2009
It feels more like a long, hot slumber near the beginning, but the film's pace picks up around the second half. Paul Newman is great as always, but it's Orson Welles who gives the most charismatic performance of the movie as the aging patriarch of the Varner family, intent on seeing his daughter married and mothering grandchildren for him.
Martin Ritt effective captures the heat and tension of the deep south, yet the picture is still a bit too wordy for its own good, dulling the romantic edge that it could have had.
This review of The Long, Hot Summer (1958) was written by Noel K on 19 Apr 2009.
The Long, Hot Summer has generally received very positive reviews.
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