I can't believe that someone thought this film was a good idea.

This is really a 4-star movie, but I'm giving it an extra star for Paul Newman alone. Sigh.

I can't remember the last time I felt so much second hand embarrassment while watching a movie...

"Have you ever been collared and dragged out into the street and thrashed by a naked woman?"

I thought the book was pretty great, so I wasn't really expecting anything good from this film. I was wrong, it's a pretty solid adaptation. The cinematography was excellent, I loved the gold-tinted film.

You gotta love a film where Elizabeth Taylor smacks Brando across the face 5 or 6 times with a riding crop, regardless.