This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry.
Sweet Smell of Success
This movie took a lot of warming up to. I didn't know what was going on or how people were related to each other for probably at least the first third of the movie. I guess I put it all together well enough by the end for it to be satisfying. Or at least the characters were strong enough by that point that it didn't really matter. Still, I'm kind of surprised this movie has as high of ratings as I've read. It has an 8.2 on IMDB. It's a good movie, but I wouldn't have guessed it was such a stand-out.
I'm pretty sure this is the first movie I've seen with Burt Lancaster in it too. (Wait hold that. After a check I found out he was in Field of Dreams, but I can't remember that movie too well nor did I like it much.) Anyways he certainly wasn't the charming swashbuckler I seemed to have as a typical image of him as a character, but he was imposing.
Rating: 8/10