Fresh
It's a glossy, engrossing hunk of motion picture entertainment, slickly produced by Berman.
Variety Staff, Variety
Sweet Bird of Youth
He used love like most men use money.
1962 · 2h · APPROVED
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Richard Brooks
Overview
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
Director and cast
- Richard Brooks Director
- Paul Newman as Chance Wayne
- Geraldine Page as Alexandra Del Lago
- Ed Begley as Tom 'Boss' Finley
- Rip Torn as Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
- Shirley Knight as Heavenly Finley
- Mildred Dunnock as tante Nonnie
- Madeleine Sherwood as Miss Lucy
- Philip Abbott as le docteur George Scudder
- Corey Allen as Scotty
- Roy Glenn as Charles
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Offers little indication of what made the original play interesting (especially in Elia Kazan's stage production), despite the fact that Paul Newman and Geraldine Page are called on to reprise their original roles.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Brooks' direction seems a little too stolid for all the sleazy, flaming passions. These are, however, given full measure by an excellent cast.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Rotten
This cynical, coruscating drama has a strong look of being contrived, and Mr. Brooks' happy ending for it is implausible and absurd.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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