From the boring, wooden dialogue to the overdramatic and contrived tensions between the main characters, this movie feels like a shameless attempt to cash in on it's own star power. It's supposed to be a parable about greed but the greed lies with the studio who produced it. The dialogue is really bad to the point in some places where it feels like they just cut in pasted from various B westerns. There are no sympathetic characters. Even the great Gary Cooper comes off as a caricature of his other roles in better movies like High Noon. After watching it, I can't even decide if Susan Hatworth's leading lady is supposed to be a self-sacrificing, devoted wife, or a cold and calculated sociopath. The one good thing about this movie is the cinematography. This is a beautiful movie with grand portraits of landscapes and sunsets. That said, the best way to enjoy this movie may with with the volume muted. :-)
Review of Garden of Evil
