Green Mansions 1959

Green Mansions

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Movie Info

When his father is murdered by a corrupt political regime, Abel (Anthony Perkins) flees Caracas and for the Venezuelan forests, searching for hidden gold to fund his revenge. In the jungle, he finds Rima (Audrey Hepburn), a "bird girl" who has reverted to a natural and innocent state. Rima was raised by an evil grandfather who still tries to exercise dominion over her. It is up to Abel to try and save the girl from her grandfather, and also to protect her from superstitious natives.

Genre:

romance
Original Language:

English
Director:

Mel Ferrer
Producer:

Edmund Grainger
Release Date (Streaming):

Jul 6, 2009
Runtime:

1h 41m
Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast & Crew

Audrey Hepburn
Rima

Anthony Perkins
Abel

Lee J. Cobb
Nuflo

Sessue Hayakawa
Runi

Henry Silva
Kua-Ko

Nehemiah Persoff
Don Panta

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Critic Reviews for Green Mansions

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The ethereal Audrey Hepburn was a good choice to portray a mysterious "bird girl"...but Mel Ferrer's ponderous direction and a gauzypoetic ending defeat the worthy project.

October 28, 2019 | Full Review…

Clyde Gilmour
Maclean's Magazine
One of Audrey Hepburn's few bad films, a pretentiously mythic and romantic tale, misdirected by her husband Mel Ferrer, and further suffering from lack of chemistry with Anthony Perkins.

April 4, 2012 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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Audience Reviews for Green Mansions

Apr 10, 2011

God, this movie was really disappointing. Even though my expectations were really low and I was only watching Green Mansions as an excuse to drool over Audrey Hepburn for a couple hours it still somehow managed to skimp in the Saving Graces department. The story was mediocre, the acting was generally overinflated and if the movie wasn't being completely non-engaging, it was completely depressing. Tiny coffin depressing. Hepburn turned in a decent performance considering what she had to work with and the fact that her then-husband Mel Ferrer was in the director's chair, but despite all the reasons I can give for someone not to see this movie, she kind of trumps just about all of them.

Michael G Super Reviewer
Dec 31, 2010

Beautiful! That's how I'd describe this movie. Perkins and Hepburn are fantastic in this movie, and the rest of the cast is great too. The story has adventure and romance combined wonderfully. Some scenes in the beginning are a bit slow and slightly boring, but it doesn't matter in the end. The ending is perfect. I really enjoyed this movie, and I highly recommend this movie.

Aj V Super Reviewer
Aug 06, 2007

Beautiful scenery at times mixed with obvious soundstage shots but labored story. The bird like Audrey who should be ideal casting as Bird Girl Rima is miscast and seems like nothing more than a misplaced debutante late for a cotillion.

jay n Super Reviewer