Yeah, there are some corny platitudes in this one, and it's a deliberately forced, theatrical melodrama. Not only that but you might be constantly distracted by Claudia McNeil's resemblance to the boxer James Toney.
However, the intentionally set-bound, stage-like work contains a mesmerising intensity throughout, an almost uncomfortable two hours of naked emotion on screen.
Cinematography and cast are both pretty much first-rate in a screenplay that seems to have one too many points to make, but manages to tie them all together by the film's end.
However, the intentionally set-bound, stage-like work contains a mesmerising intensity throughout, an almost uncomfortable two hours of naked emotion on screen.
Cinematography and cast are both pretty much first-rate in a screenplay that seems to have one too many points to make, but manages to tie them all together by the film's end.