Film1952118 min

The Bad and the Beautiful

Name: The Bad and the Beautiful
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1952
Duration: 118 min
Cast: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan

Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowwholesomerealisticenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers allrags to richesself destruction/implosion

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"I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!"

Boxlist takeAn unhurried romantic drama, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like patience over pace.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.4 /10

TMDB · 160 votes

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Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

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