Watching this film, nominated for Best Picture in '62 is like being surrounded by 50 chainsaws (a complete noise-fest with nice costumes). Ron Howard is amusing as the lisping little kid and Shirley Jones is attractive in a completely wholesome way (after her Oscar turn as a prostitute in Elmer Gantry), but Robert Preston is like Kevin Kline on speed. Bad music (except one song), Buddy Hackett, and a host of creepy townfolk.
A 3 out of 10. Best performance = Ron Howard. The stage musical of this is also terrible and screeching. I don't get this one at all. Save your time and avoid this junk. Nothing credible exists here (concerning Americana or anything else). Yuck!
A 3 out of 10. Best performance = Ron Howard. The stage musical of this is also terrible and screeching. I don't get this one at all. Save your time and avoid this junk. Nothing credible exists here (concerning Americana or anything else). Yuck!