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RICHARD S See other reviews for plot. Fonda, excellent as always, a bit too old for the ingenue portrayed so ineptly by Susan Strasberg. I'll focus my comments on Stasberg, because her performance here is so embarrassing, in contrast to Fonda and Plummer (premier performance?). You don't know how to take her brand of sincerity (?) or scheming motivation. She is just awful!! And the plot twist(?) at the end is hardly acceptable. Watch this ONLY if you want another clip of Fonda and/or opportunity to see a very young and talented Christopher Plummer. Too bad they didn't use someone like Joanne Woodward for the third lead! Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/12/25 Full Review Steve D It has been done so much better. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/24 Full Review Audience Member Susan Strasberg is the reason to watch this film, Henry Fonda and Christopher Plummer mainly provide the love interests and are woefully underused in terms of their acting talent, Strasberg however gives us a whimsical romanticist in love with her profession - innocent, but not naive. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member An incredibly bizarre and captivatingly artificial performance by the luminously adorable Susan Strasberg holds the only interest in this cliche backstage melodrama about show girls, love triangles and The Stage. Henry Fonda and Christopher Plummer (in his very first film role!) are given the thankless task of trying to add some heft, but Strasberg has the kind of over-the-top acting style that makes you understand exactly why she ended up becoming a B-movie luminary, and her drunken recitation of "Romeo & Juliet" has to be seen to be believed, not so much for her delivery, but the fact that we're supposed to believe that it impressed a room full of jaded theatre vets. Incredible. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member good technicolor spectacular remake of the 1933 version which is better Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member This is one of Lumet's first films and deals with considerably different subject matter than any of the other films of his I've seen. Nope, no gangsters, thieves, angry men or dirty cops; just a fame hungry actress and a guy with the power to give her what she wants. Henry Fonda and Christopher Plummer are great, as is expected. What brings this film down is Susan Strasberg. She's cute, but really quite irritating. Her voice is grating, and even when she's sad she just seems so damned bubbly. The story has it's moments, the Romeo and Juliet scene being a highlight, but overall the film just isn't anything paricularly special. It's not bad, in fact I'd have to say it was good, just not great. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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