7 out of 12 people found the following comment useful :- Romeo and Juliet in the Ozarks: interesting but unconvincing, 11 December 1999
Author:
Robert Keser (rfkeser@ix.netcom.com) from Chicago, IL
For this big, classy production, Sam Goldwyn transposed the
Capulet/Montague
conflict to the Hatfield/McCoy story. John Collier concocted a quirky
screenplay with eccentric details of mountain magic, as well as some droll
humor at the expense of the rustics ["Don't talk with your knife in your
mouth!"] These
efforts sink under the ploddingly literal direction of Irving Reis and the
disastrous casting of Joan Evans in the title role
[only marginally competent even as an ingenue]. Farley Granger has the
appropriate dash for Romeo, but seems too squeaky clean for the squalid
Hatfield family. It's still interesting for the exceptionally fine
supporting cast and the graceful location camerawork of old master Lee
Garmes.
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7 out of 12 people found the following comment useful :-

Romeo and Juliet in the Ozarks: interesting but unconvincing, 11 December 1999
Author: Robert Keser (rfkeser@ix.netcom.com) from Chicago, IL
For this big, classy production, Sam Goldwyn transposed the Capulet/Montague conflict to the Hatfield/McCoy story. John Collier concocted a quirky screenplay with eccentric details of mountain magic, as well as some droll humor at the expense of the rustics ["Don't talk with your knife in your mouth!"] These efforts sink under the ploddingly literal direction of Irving Reis and the disastrous casting of Joan Evans in the title role [only marginally competent even as an ingenue]. Farley Granger has the appropriate dash for Romeo, but seems too squeaky clean for the squalid Hatfield family. It's still interesting for the exceptionally fine supporting cast and the graceful location camerawork of old master Lee Garmes.
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