Tender Is the Night

Name: Tender Is the Night
Genre: Drama
Rating: 50
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards, Joan Fontaine, Jill St. John, Tom Ewell

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Tender Is the Night

1962

2h 26m

Drama

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Against the counsel of his friends, psychiatrist Dick Diver (Jason Robards Jr.) marries Nicole Warren (Jennifer Jones), a beautiful but unstable young woman from a moneyed family. Thoroughly enraptured, he forsakes his career in medicine for life as a playboy, until one day Dick is charmed by Rosemary Hoyt (Jill St. John), an American traveling abroad. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to someone else sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them both.

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In spite of good acting, it isn't too successful at invading the worlds of psychoanalysis and the very rich, who fascinated Fitzgerald so.

Nov 18, 2020

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Victor T

Jennifer Jones as the troubled central character is fascinating to watch. Her beauty is untouchable. Joan Fontaine in a supporting role is strangely bizarre. Jason Robards shines as the main character.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/16/23

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You'll immediately get tired of Jennifer Jones saying "Dick."

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Tender is the Night adaptation had the same feeling of the novel, too bad the characters were underdeveloped and the film was a little bit too long to be my liking.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Ponderous, overlong adaptation of Fitzgerald's final published novel. Jones is completely wrong in the lead, at least a decade and a half too old and of the wrong temperament, Robards is a great actor but similarly miscast. Jill St. John looks great but doesn't get under the skin of her character. A botched enterprise that looks beautiful but is empty.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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An F.Scott Fitzgerald Story come to Life.She is his Patient in a Lux Sanitarium in Switzerland.She is an Heiress & Beautiful, they are both in Love with Him.They Marry & embark on a very Lush Lifestyle on the Riviera.It is Delicious Visually with a Wonderful Story.I Adore this Movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Movie....a mid 3, Fashion...a high FIVE....Jackie O, Michelle O and the well dressed women of Mad Men could all dress from the wardrobe of this movie...and the colors Nicole wore...this movie is worth it just to see the fashion....a full Ann Klien, Chanel, or DK pret-a-porte line could be done from this movie...hats and gloves.....

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Henry King

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Jennifer Jones

Nicole Diver

Jason Robards

Dr. Richard "Dick" Diver

Joan Fontaine

Baby Warren

Jill St. John

Rosemary Hoyt

Tom Ewell

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Director: Henry King
Producer: Henry T. Weinstein
Screenwriter: Ivan Moffat
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2011
Runtime: 2h 26m

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