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Marty (United Artists: 1955) |
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Directed By:
Delbert Mann
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Written By:
Paddy Chayefsky
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Starring:
Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Joe Mantell
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Profanity: None |
Violence: None |
Sex/Nudity: Mild
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Review:
Very rarely do I have the opportunity to see a movie that leaves me so completely amazed that I'm unable to get the movie off of my mind for several weeks. Marty is one of the very few films that managed to pull this off in my own mind. Originally based on a television drama of the same name, Marty is a low-budget film that managed to secure an award for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and rightly so. This movie is a simple love story between two people who have felt lonely and rejected their whole lives. Marty is a New York butcher with a heart of gold, but his chubby, 34 year-old physique has left him hopeless to ever land a date with a decent woman. It's only the persistent nagging of his friends and his mother that finally lead him to a 29 year-old school teacher named Clara who has faced the same feelings of rejection when her plain, homely looks fail to land her a date with any decent man. Marty and Clara hit it off immediately, and the two spend several hours on their first date talking and enjoying each other's company. But irony creeps its way into their relationship when the same people that, for so many years, have nagged Marty to find a girl and get married are soon found shunning Marty's newfound girlfriend and trying to convince Marty that he should think twice before pursuing a second date with her. With an honest and down-to-earth quality that is rarely portrayed on the movie screen, Marty is perhaps one of the most endearing romantic tales that the movie industry has produced, and no finer on-screen couple can top the heartwarming relationship between Marty and Clara in this film.
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