Review of The Miracle Worker (1962) by Grant S — 18 Feb 2015

A moving story, covering the childhood years of blind-deaf Helen Keller and how her tutor Annie Sullivan helped her.

Does require a fair bit of perseverance, however. The first half is quite painful to watch, as Keller does random, almost malicious things, without any sign that her behaviour will change. This also involves a few "fight" scenes between her and Sullivan, scenes that seem to go on far too long and are far too frequent.

Add in an incredibly irritating, overacted performance by Victor Jory as the stupid-yet-very opinionated father - his idea of acting seems to be shouting very loudly, all the time - and the movie is set to be a massive test of patience.

Gets better, however, and the ending is quite emotional.