Review of The Misfits (1961) by Sari U — 23 Apr 2011
This film was better than I expected. There were more references to life and death than in any other of Marilyn Monroe's films, which made it more poignant that this was to be the last completed one for both Marilyn and Clark Gable. Something about the way Marilyn Monroe's character dances earlier in the film (is it really her? or a body double?) lingers on my mind. It seemed happy and sad at the same time.
It was the first time for me to see Montgomery Clift,I expected a more sensitive, depressed and frail kind of guy but he was very masculine, with big brows. You could tell he was something special when the first time he comes onto the screen he has a long scene by himself in the phone booth. Eli Wallach... he doesn't half resemble the old man in "The Holiday" with Kate Winslet, but old or young, he's irrisistible. Was the title just about the mustangs, or the people? Probably both. Lastly, the landscapes were so beautiful, I sometimes wished it were an all-colour film.
This review of The Misfits (1961) was written by Sari U on 23 Apr 2011.
The Misfits has generally received positive reviews.
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