Days of Wine and Roses
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Movie Reviews of Days of Wine and Roses
Movie Review: Lemmon in his best portrait !
Summary: 5 Stars
1962 was the most difficult year for awarding the Best Actor in all the Academy story . Consider Gregory Peck for To kill a mockingbird (who won with this role) , Peter O'Toole for Lawrence and Jack Lemmon for Days of wine and roses .
To me Peter O'Toole deserved this prize by far but Lemmon even his role was more introspective, tragic and harsh , made the best role of his career playing an alcoholic husband role . Lee Remick was fantastic too , but the sinister moments you watch to Lemmon for instance in the sequence of the garden in the middle of the rain night is simply outstanding .
The script is a perfect circle without any hole . A merciless story which typified many couples in the world .
A classic and bitter film!
Movie Review: Days of Wine and Roses
Summary: 5 Stars
A downbeat love story pickled in bile and booze, this melodrama of addiction by the great Blake Edwards skirts the same terrain as "Lost Weekend" without ever getting preachy. Instead, Edwards examines the sullied yet undying connection between his two self-destructive protagonists, played by Lemmon and Remick with unblinking honesty. (Two specific scenes--his in a madhouse and hers in a motel--are wrenching.) Charles Bickford lends terrific support as Kirsten's widower father, as does Jack Klugman in a small role as Joe's AA sponsor. "Days" is a hard-hitting drama about love in the ruins, buoyed by Henry Mancini's melancholic jazz score.Movie Review: A dramatic sobering movie
Summary: 5 Stars
When I was a child, I sat and watched this movie with my dad. It remains (40+ years later) in my mind, one of the best "Public Service Announcements" against drinking that I have ever seen. For my whole life, this movie has been what I think of when people talk about "getting drunk and having fun." It has stopped me from ever thinking that getting drunk is the critical component in fun. I bought it hoping it will have the same effect on my son once he is old enough to watch and understand it. Lee Remick ends up becoming a drunk who can't save herself. A timeless tale that resonates in today's society and in our headlines.Movie Review: An excellent movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Jack Lemon gives a memorable, great performance. This movie also shows how the disease of alcoholism takes over and affects not only the drinker but his family and friends. It also shows how AA can help. Running the movie with Blake Edwards commentary is interesting as well. Blake and Jack talked about their own issues with drinking and how thought provoking the movie was for them. If you love Jack Lemon or want to know more about alcoholism this is probably one of the best movies to watch.Movie Review: Addiction-Days of Wine and Roses
Summary: 5 Stars
Days of Wine and Roses is a film that AA actually consulted on. The film shows a couple who meet, fall in love, marry and have a little girl. The disease of alcoholism smacks into them like a freight train. The husband finds AA, the wife does not. The struggles of finding a basis for a relationship without alcohol are very difficult and sometimes impossible. This movie shows very clearly how alcohol is so very patient, cunning and powerful. It is an excellent movie.