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Peyton Place (1957)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:5

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.1/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: An entertaining adaptation of the best-selling, controversial Grace Metalious novel set in a small New England town. Although everything seems picture-perfect in Peyton Place, there are actually... An entertaining adaptation of the best-selling, controversial Grace Metalious novel set in a small New England town. Although everything seems picture-perfect in Peyton Place, there are actually many troubles brewing within the town including infidelity, illegitimacy and rape. Among the many memorable characters we meet are Constance and her defiant daughter Allison, who finds out, much to her shock, that she's an illegitimate child. Then there's Selena Cross, who has a tense relationship with her alcoholic stepfather, a school caretaker who eventually rapes the girl and continues abusing her -- until it leads to murder. [More]

Starring: Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Russ Tamblyn, Arthur Kennedy

Starring: Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Russ Tamblyn, Arthur Kennedy, Diane Varsi, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Terry Moore

Director: Mark Robson

Director: Mark Robson
Producer: Jerry Wald
Screenwriter: John Michael Hayes
Composer: Franz Waxman

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See it for 1950s' sexual mores if nothing else.

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05/25/07
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Mark Robson's Hollywood version is far more enjoyable than the Grace Mattallius's trashy novel it's based upon, a quintessential small-town movie that in morality and other issues is sort of an ideological summation of the entire decade.

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10/08/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

It's by turns gripping and silly. I suppose that's what makes good soap.

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01/15/05
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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No review available.

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01/09/05
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Shows America’s beauty through its warts and blemishes, something that even today is often overlooked.

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09/22/04
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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08/26/04
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

The elements and storylines that ended up watered-down are to the detriment of the film’s overall effect.

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03/02/04
Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine

Though a contemporary audience would hardly find Peyton Place shocking today, what is intriguing is that audiences in 1957 would not have found it shocking either.

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02/20/04
Matt Bailey
Matt Bailey
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

Carregado de tensão sexual, o filme analisa os intensos conflitos que ocorrem sob a superfície pacata de uma cidadezinha e impressiona graças às fortes atuações – não é à toa que cinco integrantes do elenco foram indicados ao Oscar.

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09/13/03
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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01/01/00
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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