A Face in the Crowd
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Movie Reviews of A Face in the Crowd
Movie Review: A Face in the Crowd is as timely as Charlie Sheen in the news
Summary: 5 Stars
This 54 year old film plays out beautifully against the headline grabbing manic machinations of brat pack alum Charlie Sheen as he implodes before America these past couple of weeks, months. Charlie Sheen is Lonesome Rhodes of the 21st Century and both characters are terribly pathetic as they are their own worse enemy by believing their own publicity.
Griffith, Neal, Francisoa, Matteau and Lee Remick are just perfect in each of their roles. Elia Kasan demonstrates what a truly gifted director can do for his actors and ultimately for the audience.
This goes down along with Citizen Kane, Casablanca and a couple of others as one of my very favorite films. I predict those watching it for the first time will not be able to tear themselves away from it until it's conclusion. It should have won Academy Awards for the actors, director, cinematographer and more; a genuine Hollywood movie classic.
Movie Review: Before "Mayberry RFD"
Summary: 5 Stars
"A Face In The Crowd" was filmed in mid-fifties Arkansas and in many ways is a primer for "Mayberry RFD". Andy Griffith is featured in both this movie and in the beloved television series. The actual site location for "A Face In The Crowd" is Piggott located in northeast Arkansas. This movie utilizes a host of local Arkansans which typify mid-twentieth century rural Southerners living their lives in a small town setting. Local live radio broadcasting was of immense importance during this period. "A Face In The Crowd" delineates local radio broadcasting at its finest circa 1955 following intense on site research inside KDRS-AM Paragould, Arkansas. This unique one of a kind radio station's essence is captured in this movie along with life in its community! "A Face In The Crowd" is a must see for those who long for a more simple time when people were honest and life was uncomplicated.Movie Review: A Study In "The Okie-Doke"
Summary: 5 Stars
A classic film of betrayal, denial, and exposure in the political circus,
however, most of the storyline deals with a young likable man who comes
on the scene with an endearing gift for gab (could charm the panties off
of an old maid), envelopes the masses with promises of hope and change
and anything else they want to hear. However, towards the end, Pat Neal
finally realizes that she and the people have been hood-winked, shot-thru-
the-grease, bam-boozled, and led astray, so she reluctantly exposes the
evil and heartless agenda of Mr Rhodes (end of story). By the by, most
reviewers seem to have been surprised by the stark, menaceing performance
of Andy Griffith, but if they really want to see Andy at his meanest, then
check out the made for TV movie "Pray For The Wildcats" which starred Andy
and William Shattner.
Movie Review: Andy Griffith before Mayberry
Summary: 5 Stars
Andy Griffith is Lonesome Rhodes, a big-mouth hillbilly from Arkansas, who gradually turns into a megalomaniac through the power of TV. Griffith (his debut Hollywood role after a huge success on Broadway in NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS) is frightening in this power-crazed role, but not nearly as scary as he could have been: he is just SO loud, SO backwoodsy that it's hard to imagine anyone taking him seriously (though it's happened before, hasn't it). Once Griffith leaves the countryside for NYC his role condenses to a one-dimensional personality - with a huge set of lungs. The message during this "Golden Age" of television is that TV may become a power tool for a demigod, with a complacent couch-potato audience sucking it right up. Silly, right? The cast is good as is the Budd Schulberg script. Directed by Elia Kazan in his usual and effective sock-'em-in-the-jaw style.
Movie Review: THE FACE ...IN THE CROWD ---- LIKE ONE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
Summary: 5 Stars
This was an early motion picture where fiction, in a simpler time in our country, imitated life as it actually was in the halls of government, AND media.. Andy Griffith's portrayal was genuis!! He is better known in Mayberry, yet Lonesome Rhodes is a once in a lifetime acting job. In hindsight from this movie, It's a mentality of invincibility and infallibility which always lead to an elevator ride "all the way down!!" Super Movie, should be on 100 Best Ever made, Patricia Neal, Walter Mathau, every actor made for their part and performs, supurbly. EXCELLENT BY ANY STANDARDS!!!!!! Oddly, Andy Griffith said after this role, he would never play as seroius charecter again. Incidentally, living in Chapel Hill from the days he went to school at U.N.C.and later visits at the Carolina Inn, he was in fact closer to Lonesome Rhodes than Andy Taylor. Great MOVIE!!!!