Goodbye, Columbus
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Movie Reviews of Goodbye, Columbus
Movie Review: Dated sentimentality but solid performances and good film
Summary: 3 Stars
This was Ali McGraw's debut movie, and though there is some over-acting, she manages to carry the story successfully next to Richard Benjamin. This is the story about a Jewish Princess who is so spoiled she can't tell what's important. She is ultimately unable to be rescued by her prince, a confused guy, Neil, played by Benjamin to perfection, who doesn't want to end up as inauthentic as her but is not sure where to find his place. Though this movie is dated in almost every way, including a bad musical score, it still captures the morals of its time.Movie Review: Goodbye, Columbus
Summary: 3 Stars
I read this book for my english research paper. The book was good while the paper was terrible. PeaceMovie Review: Dated material, unrealistic and annoying SPOILER ALERT
Summary: 2 Stars
My mom had told me about this movie recently, I remembered seeing it as a kid. The title came across my list of Movies To See and I decided to give it a whirl. I found the material dated, unrealistic and rather annoying.
Richard Benjamin plays a middle class library employee in New York state who meets Ali MacGraw, one of the most beautiful women of all time, at a country club swimming pool one summer day. He falls for the siren (and who wouldn't with her gorgeousness) and they begin a happy, carefree summer romance. Of course her parents, upper class and Jewish who had risen up thanks to MacGraw's father's plumbing business, do not approve. When alone, they assure each other "She'll get tired of him", and "It won't last". MacGraw doesn't seem very serious about much of anything at this point in life, Benjamin doesn't seem to have much of a plan either, and it should be lite, airy and fun. Which it very much is.
If it was left at that, I would have been happy. Add her whiney little sister into the equation for a comic relief and it turns into a bad experience. The brother is in it only to provide some background for the title (he goes to Ohio State). The parents have some moments together as well as seperately (such as the scene where her father is telling MacGraw that he will always love and sheild her from how precarious life can be). The part I didn't like was when Benjamin suddenly finds out that MacGraw isn't taking her birth control pills because they make her feel fat. Now in real life, I can understand this. But, she is so shallow and foolish that she will REALLY not take her pills but she will indulge in unprotected sex?!? Then again, even though we're nearly done with the first decade of the 2000s, I never cease to be amazed that girls do not protect themselves. But where is the consequence? If this movie was made today, MacGraw would end up pregnant. Which she doesn't in this movie.
The ending? Well, I understood it. The reaction of the parents is a little dated. They found her diaphram in a dresser drawer and wrote some kind of angry letter to MacGraw telling her that they were disappointed. Benjamin leaves, knowing that this could never be. Times were different then. Nowdays parents would or should be happy that their children are protecting themselves. Maybe they would be disappointed that their kids were having sex, but they might feel powerless to stop it. This dates the film. And it shows.
Movie Review: Trivial and Dated
Summary: 2 Stars
I remember seeing this movie in the late 1960's and thought it a decent comedy. However with the perspective of some 40 years, I now find it trivial. That is, a wandering aimless sequence of dated cliche's. Perhaps Roth's novel would fare better. Even Jack Klugman, who would normally dominate a scene, seems laid back. At the same time as I purchased this film, I also purchased "Lovers and Other Strangers." The latter has certainly withstood the test of time and I would recommend it highly for someone who wants to see a good comedy.Movie Review: Does Not Hold Up Well
Summary: 2 Stars
Does not hold up well to today's standards of film making, given outdated morality and repressed sexual mores of the time. Even the ending is kind of muddled and confusing. In fact one could say that the whole movie is pretty boring actually. Yet, the "wedding scene" was and is iconic of consumerism, greed and materialsm of a type that has not been matched since.