Whoever wrote that this movie has an Adam and Eve biblical subtext is delirious and are on to something that IS NOT THERE, except in their own mind perhaps. The only reason I continued to watch this film is to make sure it was as bad as I thought it was from the beginning. Jennifer Jones seems to emit no other expressions except pursing her face as if she's about to give birth - it gets old fast and so does her lack of ability to act. Montgomery Clift has his moments, but fails to convince me he has any remote Italian bone in his body, except his attempt to speak Italian isn't a half-bad effort. Montgomery Clift's character is more like a "wife beater"-wearing overbearing American. And Jennifer Jones is air-headed, fake and pretentious. The lack of development and believable character portrayal makes any personal investment in these characters impossible. You really end up wanting this movie to be over and done with, wishing the two lovers never got involved in the first place. You find it hard to believe either would be attracted to the other. Clift's character slaps Jennnifer Jones', and then somehow she's supposed to be excited to see him when he comes back for her? In such a short time she's gone from one extreme to another in her desires for him. This makes absolutely no sense to me, since all she seems to do is try to get away from him and make excuses to get out of his sight in the from the beginning. Everything not adding up and the poor level of over and under acting makes this movie utterly ridiculous. There is nothing romantic about this movie. Its nauseating. The trains are nice though.
Review of Terminal Station
