Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Directed by Blake Edwards · 117 min · Drama, Romance
68.0 TOPICAL score · #854 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Days of Wine and Roses (1962, directed by Blake Edwards) has a TOPICAL score of 68.0 - ranked 854 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and historical impact, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 0 awards from 4 nominations. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.5/10 (217 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 29 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.5/10 (217 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 4 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 29 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read18,393 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jack Lemmon (actor #11), Lee Remick (actor #472), Charles Bickford (actor #1,092), Jack Klugman
“Margaret Parsons, film curator at the National Gallery of Art, stated "[The film] remains one of the most gut-wrenching dramas of alcohol-related ruin and recovery ever captured on film...and it's also one of the pioneering films of the genre."”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10