I love oldie films and when I saw the cast, the director of Rosebud, I thought 'alright!' Outloud I said, Oh. My. God. Preminger did this? He of Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Stalag 17? Let me guess. He was drunk. Drugged then. Senile? All of the above? Oh, well.
I won't repeat the epic flaws of this film. Other reviews covered that. But of all the cringe-worthy, unintentionally comic moments (and there are SO many!), the worst was definitely the one in which the pseudo revolutionary "confronts" his paramour's rich grandfather (who paid for the food he was enjoying) with the old, tired, tiresome college-campus-commie line about he (grandpa) being an evil rich, oppressor of the poor. I laughed out loud. I was surprised Marx Junior didn't end his anemic tirade with "And you're a poo-poo head, too. So there!" But at least the bit was followed by the only redeemable moment in the film: evil rich grandpa's indifferent dismissal of our barricade hero's outburst with what amounted to, "That's nice, dear. Now run along." It was perfect.
Watch this mess if you have to. Some people even liked it (guys, you REALLY need to get out more). But don't say you were not warned.
I won't repeat the epic flaws of this film. Other reviews covered that. But of all the cringe-worthy, unintentionally comic moments (and there are SO many!), the worst was definitely the one in which the pseudo revolutionary "confronts" his paramour's rich grandfather (who paid for the food he was enjoying) with the old, tired, tiresome college-campus-commie line about he (grandpa) being an evil rich, oppressor of the poor. I laughed out loud. I was surprised Marx Junior didn't end his anemic tirade with "And you're a poo-poo head, too. So there!" But at least the bit was followed by the only redeemable moment in the film: evil rich grandpa's indifferent dismissal of our barricade hero's outburst with what amounted to, "That's nice, dear. Now run along." It was perfect.
Watch this mess if you have to. Some people even liked it (guys, you REALLY need to get out more). But don't say you were not warned.