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Nov 09, 202210000mefest rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
An excellent showcase of top notch acting with a great script. Family dynamics are front and center here. Six Oscar nominations in 1959. Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman are excellent.
Aug 06, 2022jimbo_yosemite rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
107 minutes of people screaming at each other. The Paul Newman character is a spoiled brat. By the end of this movie I was pretty fed up with his nonsense. Elizabeth Taylor was gorgeous, in 1958 she was 26yrs old and stunning. The movie…
Jan 03, 2022Moviereviewer rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
An excellent drama film about the family dynamics of a wealthy 1950s plantation in the south.
Mar 19, 2021goldfrapp rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A 26-year old Elizabeth Taylor shows what a great actress she is. She doesn't seem to be acting. Her southern accent, charm, mannerisms and movement are near perfect. Almost flawless. What I didn't like about the film was having to wait so…
Nov 22, 2020lisasroughdrafts rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I absolutely loved this movie. All of the actors/actresses were incredible, the dialog was amazing, and this glimpse into another time and place was exceptional. A real "thinking" movie. A movie that is sure to generate a great…
Jul 30, 2020akirakato rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The raw emotions and crackling dialogue of Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer-Prize play rumble like a thunderstorm in this film version. Paul Newman plays as troubled ex-football hero Brick, but he seems overacting. Elizabeth Taylor plays…
Mar 24, 2020The_Most_Casual_Observer rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
✅ I'm surprised to see someone as erudite as CurlyWhirly (👇) not realizing that 'Gooper' is certainly a nickname. I'd like to hear what his friends called him in high school! The role of Gooper was originated on Broadway by none other…
Mar 14, 2020richibi rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman both give towering performances in this powerful adaptation of Tennessee Williams' brilliant play - five incandescent stars
Sep 13, 2019CurlyWhirly rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
You know, I'm getting pretty damn fed up with having to endure watching yet another movie about some whining, resentful child (who's now grown up) who is laying absolute blame on at least one of his/her parents for not loving him/her (when…
Jul 26, 2019
For me, "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" (from 1958) was basically a textbook exercise in vicious heartlessness from start to finish. It's certainly a familiar, old tale about a low-down, muck-slinging, skeleton-in-your-closet, family feud with all…
Jul 19, 20181aa rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is quite a good film made from a play of an incredibly demented wealthy family in the Southern USA. Conventional success but little affection, past success but a failure to move on, moving from poverty to great wealth, maneuvering and…
Feb 01, 2018nordicleather rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" gets five out of five stars in my opinion. This movie was made sixty years ago when censorship rules were much stricter than today. This is a break through getting around the censors to suggest male impotence,…
Feb 09, 2017
The play version is more realistic but I did enjoy the movie as well. Newman and Taylor were great in their roles, but it is the secondary characters (and actors) that make the film more interesting.
Jan 09, 2017TwilightBlue rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
IMO - This over-done melodrama is really over-rated.
Dec 07, 2016ThomasJWhiting rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
GREAT 1958 film drama set in South based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. Interesting setting as the sons of a farmer who's hard work helped create a wealthy farm/estate are dealing with his…
Oct 24, 2016chalieg rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Any movie based on a play has to be good. I don't understand what a lot of the reviews here are talking about. Horror? Homosexual? I didn't get that impression at all! It is more about a family who is struggling on the inside, and because…
Sep 21, 2016ManMachine rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Favourite movie quote - "One of those no-neck monsters just hit me with some ice-cream." Attention : Horror-Movie Fans!.... Welcome to the "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" horror show. It's all about human greed at its most contemptible. Truly…
SpaceAngel
May 11, 2015SpaceAngel rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Who'd have ever thought that "Southern-Fried" rich folks would love to hate each other so much? But, of course, playwright, Tennessee Williams knows. Especially when it comes to the likes of one's immediate family... Yep. Yep. Anyway -…
IngloriousBelcher
Jan 19, 2015IngloriousBelcher rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Paul Newman & Elizabeth Taylor are normally fantastic, but this film was torture. It was an hour and a half of whining, screaming rich adults & their slightly less annoying screaming children. I haven't seen anything oozing with this much…
jcharmed
Apr 20, 2013jcharmed rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I have always loved this movie. Since I was a kid it was one of my favorite old movies and Paul Newman is incredibly hot but I did not know it was about him being gay. I want to see it again and I wish they did not cut all that out. It…
Jul 02, 2012Palomino rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I keep re-borrowing, I must like it. I like it for the beautiful stars and the drama; the script is a mess, the original play seems to have been drastically altered to remove a homosexual issue from the plotline. I don't know if it ever…
jmmason
Jan 13, 2012jmmason rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The "love that dare not speak its name" is that Paul Newman is in mourning for his dead lover Skipper. This is the mendacity that Big Daddy keeps harping on. The reason Brick doesn't want to have sex with Maggie the Cat is because he's…
Oct 16, 2011stagxy rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Heard about this movie my whole life but was afraid to watch it. I didn't want to be disappointed after all the hype. Guess what? I was NOT disappointed at all. A believable story, convincing characters and an ending I can agree with.…