adrianmendizabal
25Jul11
awwww... mailagay nga sa watchlist ko.
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Hardyandnelson
12Apr12
Super film, poignant , percutant : la nature humaine à son état le plus brut . Et Jane Fonda au sommet de son art !
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Valerie Chiang
5Mar12
doesn't matter who wins the marathon...nobody wins in the end. it's just a show.
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lauli
12Nov11
This film is magnificent in its brutality. The performances are stunning, especially those of Jane Fonda and Susannah York, and the plot, considering that the novel by McCoy was written in 1935, is really forward-looking. I couldn't help thinking of reality shows like Survivor in their abuse of human beings for the sake of show.
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Archie Del Mundo
25Jul11
The material seems to be a Hollywood suicide - but Sydney Pollack [who directed some scenes on skates] did to audience what the story did to its characters: show the lowest, weakest human spirit - and SHOOT IT!
no past land
11Jun11
Just saw it again... I forgot how stunning this movie is in capturing the simple struggle of humanity.
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Nelson Núñez
20Apr11
Esta película es un buen ejemplo de lo arriesgados que podían ser los grandes estudios de Hollywood en los años 60 y 70. Sidney Pollack hace un retrato implacable y pesimista de la degradación del ser humano como forma de entretenimiento. La historia está ambientada durante la depresión de los años 30 en Estados Unidos, pero su desesperanza de fondo es universal y eterna. Q.E.P.D. Michael Sarrazin.
Charles Foster Kane
11Apr11
Flawed but fascinating, the flawed part being the use of flash-forward, the fascinating being everything else. Great look at the seedy side of Hollywood. Horace McCoy's original novel is recommended reading, too.
Johnny DuBiel
10Apr11
Builds up nicely, but one finds themselves still not prepared for the raw, guttural punch at the end. It's easy to forget with all the years that have past (and bad movies she's appeared in since), but there was a time when Jane Fonda was one of the greatest actresses in the world. This is among her best work.
Mayukh Sen
26Sep10
a tad bit contrived at points (esp with the literalism of the title in the end) but fonda gives one of the greatest performances ever captured on film. astonishing.
Bruno Teixidor
28Nov09
Absolutamente agobiante, un baile de máscaras en el matadero. Puro existencialismo. As christopherjohn says, an epic grand guignol.
christopherjohn
27Nov09
Epic Grand Guignol. Near-perfect metaphor. Haunting performances all around.