Picnic (1955)
Directed by Joshua Logan · 114 min · Drama, Romance
37.3 TOPICAL score · #2,898 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.
Picnic (1955, directed by Joshua Logan) has a TOPICAL score of 37.3 - ranked 2,898 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on audience. It won 3 awards from 7 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Critics: 50% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.8/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.3/10 (115 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 27 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics50% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.8/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.3/10 (115 ratings)
- Awards3 wins, 7 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Film Editing; Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 27 languages
- Still read12,138 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: William Holden (actor #71), Kim Novak (actor #593), Rosalind Russell (actor #873), Betty Field (actor #1,713)