Saw this late one night and now re-watch every time it comes on TV. The interaction between Natalie Wood as the oldest daughter of a sloozy hotel owner and Robert Redford as the railroad official rooming in her hotel is fascinating to watch. Possible slight
spoiler: * * * * * * * Redford's character shines an honest light into the unexamined assumptions Wood's character has made about her life, which she has lived largely under the selfish guidance of her user mother. And in the process Redford turns the girl's world upside down and has her questioning her past, present, and future. This is a bleak movie about human nature and betrayal of trust. I could watch Redford and Wood act out these roles forever. This will never be on anyone's top ten movies of all time list, but it is solidly on my must see again and again list. I can't recommend it enough.
spoiler: * * * * * * * Redford's character shines an honest light into the unexamined assumptions Wood's character has made about her life, which she has lived largely under the selfish guidance of her user mother. And in the process Redford turns the girl's world upside down and has her questioning her past, present, and future. This is a bleak movie about human nature and betrayal of trust. I could watch Redford and Wood act out these roles forever. This will never be on anyone's top ten movies of all time list, but it is solidly on my must see again and again list. I can't recommend it enough.