Bus Stop
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Movie Reviews of Bus Stop
Movie Review: LOVE ON A BUS
Summary: 4 Stars
Very funny adaptation of the William Inge play finds Marilyn Monroe romantically abducted by country bumpkin who has fallen in love with her. Monroe is ravishing and sympathetic as the saloon girl Cheri turned unwilling fiance and Don Murray in a debut performance as the hardheaded Bo finds a great mix of whooping and hollering and real romantic depth. Some of Bo's manhandling of Cheri gets a bit harsh in accordance with cinematic sexual mores of 1956; a skirt tail is ripped off, she is helplessly hoisted upon his shoulder, but this is effectively an innocent and touching film with just the right amount of naivete.Movie Review: Mine's a return!
Summary: 4 Stars
Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray star in this charming 1950's romantic comedy. The laughs are a little dated now but each viewing is as fine as the one before.Marilyn is as lovely as ever and belts out a couple of old favourites including "That Old Black Magic"...
Movie Review: Marilyn Monroe
Summary: 4 Stars
I very well may be alone in my opinion, but to me Marilyn Monroe showed that she could be a dramatic actress.....not just a sex kitten.Movie Review: Monroe at her Best
Summary: 4 Stars
Enjoyable film with Monroe at her acting best. I prefer her in more glamorous roles, but appreciate her venture into other areas.Movie Review: Good but this just creeped me out
Summary: 3 Stars
Years ago I watched part of this on tv & fell in love with the idea of Marilyn Monroe falling for a cowboy against her will as he pushed his way into her heart. I hadn't seen the beginning of the film & I didn't get the chance to see the end. Later I found this on netflix & rented it. Boy was this film different than what I thought it was.
This film is quite possibly horrifying. Don't get me wrong, this was well acted & at times this was pretty cute (the "oh, HONey..." scenes are my favorite). It's just that the over-reacting by Bo was just horrifying. Initially his reaction could be seen as cute or comedic but as the film progresses his actions became increasingly over the top to the point where it could be seen as abusive in many different ways.
I think I finally stopped rooting for Bo & Cherie when he started shouting at her in the bus stop & manhandling her in an attempt to force her to do what he wanted. There just wasn't any way of sugarcoating his actions at that point. (I kept getting visions of him marrying her & later treating her the same way, possibly getting more abusive.) This film just needed more give & take to the interactions between them. It would also have been nice if there had been more softness shown to Bo throughout the film. Rather than showing him to be a guy with no social graces he just came across as a bully.
I think where the film failed to hook me is that it tried too hard to walk the line between romantic comedy & drama. Instead of choosing one or the other it went halfway & didn't really fully accomplish either. I've heard that the source material came from two different plays (with the actual Bus Stop being quite dark indeed), so I think this was just a case of trying too hard to please two different camps.
This wasn't an overall bad film but it just fell short of what it could have been. The ending was sweet but it just didn't ring true with all of what came before it.