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Steve D Difficult to watch but solidly made. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/04/24 Full Review Audience Member Pier Angeli's first role in the United States is the title role in this Fred Zinnemann picture and it's easy to see what moviemakers saw in the ingenue. Every single frame she''s in radiates. The film, though, suffers from poor pacing and John Ericson (his first acting role, too) can't command the screen like his co-star. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A movie of note only because it stars a 19 year old Pier Angeli, who plays an Italian girl who meets an American solider (John Ericson) during the war, and marries him shortly thereafter. Angeli is bright-eyed and radiant, and I loved her conversations with her family in Italian, even if they weren't subtitled (maybe even more so because they weren't). Briefly seeing some of the sites in Rome was also nice. Unfortunately, Ericson is not nearly as good as Angeli. His character is admittedly difficult to play and not all that likeable, suffering from panic attacks, lack of confidence, and overall wishy-washiness. I loved how the film is honest in its depiction of war, showing us fear and cowardice, but unfortunately there are no real consequences to it. There are hints at the generation gap of the 1950's, but Ericson is no James Dean. The story telling from director Fred Zinnemann is too segmented and scattered, shifting from war film, to war bride film, to domineering mother film. Patricia Collinge is brilliant as the mom, particularly as we come to understand just how controlling she is, but it's at a point in the film where we just don't see the focus. The ending is also abrupt and unbelievable, as if the filmmakers didn't where to go with it either. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member reminded me on another zinnemann pic 'the search' with its doc like feel. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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