Review of Inside Daisy Clover

First of all, Christopher Plummer filmed the Sound of Music the SAME year he played this vulgar character, so that was a major turnoff for me. He takes sexual advantage of a 16 yr old girl, who was just dumped by her psycho actor/husband, (Robert Redford), the day before, one day after they were married. It made me sick to see Christopher Plummer kissing a supposed 16 yr old, in any movie. Daisy (Natalie Wood) is a lost child, who is lost throughout the movie. Even the ending doesn't make any sense at all - does she blow the house up, then go finish making her movie? Does she blow the house up, then get sued by the studio? What happens? There is no ending. Where does she end up? There is NO WAY that 27 yr old Natalie could have portrayed a 16 or 17 yr old girl. She was completely miscast in this movie. She looked 30 and acted it. I love Natalie Wood. But man, if my husband dumped me in the middle of the desert with no car, nothing, not a word, I would be bawling my eyes out. But Natalie's character? Nothing...just find a ride back to the producer's home and lie down on a bench til morning. And the songs she sang were all wrong for her even if it was supposed to be the 30s and she was supposed to be some Pollyanna character.

I don't understand it. Then who is sleeping with who? It is a twisted mess. All the characters are screwy - literally, every single one of them! Dysfunctional, immoral, without a compass, and living from one whim to disaster to party. There wasn't a 'normal' day in the entire movie. It left me feeling empty, like they could have done a much better storyline and ending. I was generous with the 6 stars. What a mess.