Days of Wine and Roses
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Movie Reviews of Days of Wine and Roses
Movie Review: good film but quite depressing
Summary: 4 Stars
jack lemmon stars as 'public relations' executive,joe clay, who has a problem with the sauce due to part of his job being to 'entertain' the executives of the companies that his company handles.he meets kirsten,played by lee remick who is a goody goody,total opposite to joe.somehow they end up clicking,marry and have a child.eventually joe turns kirsten onto the drink and soon they both become slaves to the bottle.lemmon and remmick are great in their roles and deserved the recognition they got as they are both extremely believable.i would definitely recommend this to people in recovery as well as those who don't think that they have a problem as this movie shows what can happen if you take drinking to the limit.i wouldn't recommend seeing this for the first time if you are depressed as this film is quite depressing and emotionally draining.i don't mean to take anything away from this film because it is really good and probably the best about alcoholism,just be in the mood for a drama.Movie Review: Overwrought but effectively engaging
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is still one of my favorites about the subject of alcoholism. (Tender Mercies is probably the best movie on this subject). The narrative arc is somewhat overwrought. The Jack Lemmon character goes into delirium tremens twice! He does this not after he goes cold turkey and as a result of withdrawal symptoms but after one night of taking up drinking again. That doesn't make sense. Lee Remick's fondness for chocolate as a precursor to possible tendencies to alcoholism I think has been pretty much discredited. Nevertheless, you do wind up caring what happens to the characters. The supporting cast is great. I would recommend the movie.Movie Review: Days of Wine and Roses
Summary: 4 Stars
Cousin Larry and I saw this blueprint of how not to live. Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick become alcoholics and separate after having a child. Lemmon sobers up. Remick does not. I had a drinking problem in my 20s. I should have given this film more thought. Lemmon was a great actor, the average businessman struggling to make it in the city, funny and tragic at the same time. The title was taken from a poem by Ernest Dowson. "Vitae Summa Brevis" laments the brevity of life: "They are not long, the days of wine and roses. Out of a misty dream our path emerges for awhile, then closes within a dream."
Movie Review: Hit Me!
Summary: 4 Stars
Jack Lemmon's character in this film used this phrase: Hit Me! for ordering another drink.
His performance in this film ranks among one of his best, going all out and in a most committed
manner.
His acting was strongly supported by the young Lee Ramick who gave a similar level of dedication
to her art.
Blake Edward,the director and the screen writer contributed strongly to the end result of this film.
A very well-made film on the subject of alcoholism par excellence.
Movie Review: Great, maybe the best movie about alcoholism
Summary: 4 Stars
What I like about this movie is the honesty about addiction. It is very much like portrayed in this movie. And yes, woman do go down quicker. And AA doesn't work as well for woman. Bill W. didn't want woman in the fellowship and the bias is evident in the Big Book (the nickname for their manifesto).
It's heartbreaking to see Lee Remick walking the street alone in the dark leaving her husband and child. AA needs to treat woman better than they do instead of the "tough love" that is given.