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All that Heaven Allows

1955

Douglas Sirk

Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel ...

7.3

3,789

Drama. Romance Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) is a well-to-do widow gradually re-entering a social life amongst her mostly dull country club peers. Her only apparent enjoyment in life comes from weekend visits from her college-age children. Cary then meets a handsome younger man, Ron (Rock Hudson), who owns a small landscaping business. Ron is a follower of Henry David Thoreau's Walden, and "hears a different drummer", enjoying a life focused on nature; he ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Romance novel in narrative this transcends its genre with visual depth and perceptive socio-cultural insights (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	"A potent story for the ages"	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"Solid and sensible drama plainly had to give way to outright emotional bulldozing and a paving of easy clichs (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Time Out	"Beneath the stunningly lovely visuals lies a kernel of terrifying despair"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"A masterpiece by one of the most inventive and recondite directors ever to work in Hollywood, Douglas Sirk"	POS

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