I liked it! At first I thought it was going to be a corny Jack Lemmon comedy but it turned out to be something totally different.
I love movies that shift gears halfway through (Psycho, Vertigo)...this movie does the same thing. Even if it probably wasn't intentional, it was effective.
I liked the film's bravery...women like Rita like men like Mitchum, and that's the long and the short of it. The last scene was pretty powerful...that kiss! OUCH! I think the long interlude with Jack Lemmon stuck on the ship was important...as if what was happening back on the island (the inevitable affair between Rita and Robert) were too unbearable to show...this is a film about solitude...
I love movies that shift gears halfway through (Psycho, Vertigo)...this movie does the same thing. Even if it probably wasn't intentional, it was effective.
I liked the film's bravery...women like Rita like men like Mitchum, and that's the long and the short of it. The last scene was pretty powerful...that kiss! OUCH! I think the long interlude with Jack Lemmon stuck on the ship was important...as if what was happening back on the island (the inevitable affair between Rita and Robert) were too unbearable to show...this is a film about solitude...