Splendor in the Grass (1961)
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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 10 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Synopsis: Set in rural Kansas, "Splendor in the Grass" tells the tragically romantic tale of teenagers Deanie and Bud who repress their desires because of their families' disapproval. Coming from radically different backgrounds -- one wealthy, the other staunchly puritanical -- they allow class... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Audrey Christie, Pat Hingle, Barbara Loden
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Youth exploitation pictures were all the rage at the time, and while this is better than some in execution and intent, it's still exactly that.
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11/01/07
One of Kazan's two or three mastrpieces, this powerful small-town film examines growing pains, respressed sexuality, and social hypocrisy, featuring Warren Beatty, in an astonishing screen debut, and Natalie Wood, at their very best.
01/31/07
A complicated film that never really successfully yokes together the themes of money-making and sexuality, it reveals both Kazan's operatic sensibility and his inability to follow an argument rigorously through.
02/09/06
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11/06/01
Splendor in the Grass (1961) is another of director Elia Kazan's dramatic, hyperbolic films with daring and controversial content for its times - sexual repression
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