Tender Is the Night (1962)

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"Tender Is The Night"

Tender is the Night

“The interior writing style of F. Scott Fitzgerald is practically impossible to adapt to film. It takes work for us to invest and understand the interior life of these characters, and this adaptation fails to do that. Many of these characters are not as sharply observed as they are in his novel, and the film continually suffers for it.   There’s also the strange case of Jennifer Jones in the lead role. She’s about twenty years too old for the role, but it’s the last performance of any worth in her career. It comes as a pleasant surprise after a series of overacted and artificial turns in films like Good Morning, Miss Dove and A Farewell to Arms. Jones had her own problems with emotional and mental disturbances, and she funnels those personal demons into this part. Nicole Diver is a” read more

“Last Henry King, a bit washed Fitzgerald because don´t see the sexual undertones that has to bright in Robards/Jones relation. Jones a bit miscast because of her agem Fontaine is ok.” read more