The Long Gray Line
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Movie Reviews of The Long Gray Line
Movie Review: John Ford's Greatest Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I never thought I'd like a John Ford movie more than The Quiet Man, but after I saw The Long Gray Line, I have to change my opinion. Patriotic, hearwarming, honest and traditional. If you're into any of this, and you like John Ford, you'll absolutely love LGL. On the other hand, if you're a fan of Jane Fonda, Alec Baldwin, William Kunstler, or other similar persons, stay away from this one.Movie Review: Nice gentle tearjerker of a film!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a good old fashioned film similar to the English film 'Goodbye Mr Chips'. It has lots of old fashioned values and contains humour, pathos, passion and sentimentality which will tug at the heart strings!!! I defy anyone not to have a lump in the throat or a tear in the eye when the long awaited Marr baby dies shortly after birth, or when James 'Red' Sandstrom Jr. comes to vist Marty at Christmas with his mother. I just love the whole tone of the film - the director has got the atmosphere just right. A real cracker of a film lacking in any real violence or nastiness I am pleased to say. It is a film I can watch again and again. Even my husband, normally quite reticent with such films, was impressed. That to me was praise indeed.Movie Review: Inspiring and well-made
Summary: 4 Stars
Highly enjoyable tale of the life of Marty Maher, the Irish immigrant who rose from humble waiter to become West Point's beloved athletic trainer and football coach for more than 50 years. Despite personal tragedies, and through two World Wars, Maher inspired generations of young men who came through the distinguished Army officers' academy, including future legends like Omar Bradley and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Tyrone Power is excellent and compelling as he portrays Maher from young idealist to elderly sage, Irish accent intact all the way. The scenery and West Point pageantry is fun to watch (although some of it looks like it was filmed inside a studio -- but much else looks like it may have been filmed at the Military Academy). Interestingly, there's not really all that much football in this film -- there's a little, but it's mainly the story of Maher and his family, and the young men he came to love like his own sons. With the flame-haired Maureen O'Hara as Maher's Irish wife Mary, giving a radiant performance. Sentimental in that '50s way, of course, but the legendary director John Ford (working with a cast made up of many of his favorites) always puts a bite behind the sweetness.Movie Review: A Great Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I had never seen or heard of this movie until Dec 95. I was at pre Army-Navy game party with some of my classmates and we were looking for something to watch. We stumbled across this video. The movie I feel is a great one. How can you not like a true story. I won't bore you how good or bad the acting was. The story that is told is great, progressing over 40 years. You actually get to see life inside the Grey walls of West Point, which few people actually get to do. This movie just made me even more proud to call myself a West Point Cadet and now a West Point Graduate.1LT K.R. McKenney, Korea
Movie Review: This Classic Deserves A Salute
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the finest of John Ford's films, yet surprisingly overlooked, this movie gives us both an honest glimpse into West Point and sincere characters to cry for and laugh with.Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara make a charming match once more (see The Black Swan, quite a different movie), and it's a wonder to me that Ty's sensitive and utterly believable performance in this film wasn't given more notice than it was. He was perfect all the way down to his accent, which I thought would surely slip, and it never did. Maureen's portrait of her character was poignant and gentle, with that spark that is purely Maureen. The death scene blows me away each time with it's simplicity and honest grace. They were quite a team, both of times they were together.
All the performances were top-notch, making you forget you were watching a movie. I felt, instead, as if I were being allowed into sacred ground, welcomed with open arms by the memories of that proud place.
This is truly a masterpiece. Ford at his finest. If you get a chance to see it, do. I can't recommend it strongly enough.