While I don't think this is the worst Best Picture Winner, it certainly is down towards the bottom. Especially if you compare it to it's predecessor, All Quiet On The Western Front. Definitely a big step down.
The only saving grace for me was the character of his wife. It was nice to see her succeed and even become a Congresswoman, despite having a dead-beat husband. I only wish they had focused a little more on that, and less on romanticizing Yancy's wanderlust and few moments of glory.
City Lights (1931) is the highest rated comedy on IMDb (#46 on the top 250) , but wasn't even nominated for best picture. Meanwhile Cimarron (1931) has the lowest rating of any Best Picture winner by an embarrassingly comfortable margin:
1. Cimarron (1931) 6.1
2. Cavalcade (1933) 6.4
3. The Broadway Melody (1929) 6.5
4. Around the World In 80 Days (1956) 6.8
5. The Greatest Show On Earth (1952) 6.7
6. Gigi (1958) 6.9
7. The Great Ziegfeld (1936) 6.9
8. Tom Jones (1963) 7.0
9. Out of Africa (1985) 7.0
10.
-- An American In Paris (1951) 7.2
-- Chicago (2002) 7.2
-- Chariots of Fire (1981) 7.2
Neither adaptation of Ferber's novel by the same name have been any good. Unfortunately this film has not aged well and a lot of the acting is painful to watch...
Tough to watch at times, kinda enjoyed the performance by the two leading actors/actresses. Otherwise really dated. The titular character is virtually non existent in this film too
I should have read the comments here before sitting through this movie. I kept thinking, "This is so BAD! What am I missing?" Now I know I wasn't missing anything; it really was that bad!
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While I don't think this is the worst Best Picture Winner, it certainly is down towards the bottom. Especially if you compare it to it's predecessor, All Quiet On The Western Front. Definitely a big step down.The only saving grace for me was the character of his wife. It was nice to see her succeed and even become a Congresswoman, despite having a dead-beat husband. I only wish they had focused a little more on that, and less on romanticizing Yancy's wanderlust and few moments of glory.
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the acting was hilarious.Aleril
That's weird. I found this movie to be very enjoyable.dreiser
Cavalcade is definitely worse.RDix couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag.
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I was looking through my comments and have no recollection of watching this at all. Apparently I liked it? Weird.Llanirev
Thanks for warning me that I was about to see a very bad movie. Now, I was expecting much worse than I saw :)greenhorg
City Lights (1931) is the highest rated comedy on IMDb (#46 on the top 250) , but wasn't even nominated for best picture. Meanwhile Cimarron (1931) has the lowest rating of any Best Picture winner by an embarrassingly comfortable margin:1. Cimarron (1931) 6.1
2. Cavalcade (1933) 6.4
3. The Broadway Melody (1929) 6.5
4. Around the World In 80 Days (1956) 6.8
5. The Greatest Show On Earth (1952) 6.7
6. Gigi (1958) 6.9
7. The Great Ziegfeld (1936) 6.9
8. Tom Jones (1963) 7.0
9. Out of Africa (1985) 7.0
10.
-- An American In Paris (1951) 7.2
-- Chicago (2002) 7.2
-- Chariots of Fire (1981) 7.2
TheInfanta
Neither adaptation of Ferber's novel by the same name have been any good. Unfortunately this film has not aged well and a lot of the acting is painful to watch...Agent69
I don't think it's the worst, but it is close enough.nbats
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Tough to watch at times, kinda enjoyed the performance by the two leading actors/actresses. Otherwise really dated. The titular character is virtually non existent in this film tooClassicLady
I should have read the comments here before sitting through this movie. I kept thinking, "This is so BAD! What am I missing?" Now I know I wasn't missing anything; it really was that bad!daisyaday
So many stereotypes make me cringe in embarrassment.greenhorg
How did this win the Oscar and City Lights not even get nominated??vladdy
Yes, terrible. Cavalcade might be worse, though.Showing items 1 – 15 of 22