Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Directed by Richard Brooks · 120 min · Drama
32.6 TOPICAL score · #3,312 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962, directed by Richard Brooks) has a TOPICAL score of 32.6 - ranked 3,312 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on critics. It won 1 award from 3 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Critics: Metacritic 53. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (141 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 26 languages.
Why this score
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- CriticsMetacritic 53
- AudienceTMDB 6.7/10 (141 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 3 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 26 languages
- Still read11,722 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Paul Newman (actor #38), Geraldine Page (actor #857), Shirley Knight, Ed Begley
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