Salubfoto
It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Kayden
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
djmes
This is a very good movie. "A Patch of Blue" with Sidney Poitier,1965. I usually can't get into tearjerkers but this one was really good. Poitier befriends then falls in love with a neglected and abused blind girl. His being black complicates matters. Poitier is great in an (for him) understated role. Black & white photography actually adds to the feeling. Try & catch this.
grantss
It's wonderful to have a friend...Great, incredibly moving story. A story of neglect and caring, and how friendship spans divides of race and ability. Incredibly suffocating at times, as you feel for Selina's (the blind girl's) plight, how incredibly abusive and neglectful her mother and grandfather are, and how they have left her disadvantaged. This pressure us palpably relieved every time she is with Gordon. The difference is so stark it is beautiful and moving.There are also touches of commentary on racial issues but these are mostly left as a secondary plot. Thankfully so. While the commentary was justified and relevant, making more of it would have detracted from the main story.Sidney Poitier gives his usual solid, polished performance in the lead role. The stand-out performance, however, is Elizabeth Hartman as Selina. So convincing I thought she was actually blind (she isn't). Well-deserved her Best Actress Oscar nomination and unlucky not to win the award.Shelley Winters got a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Rose-Ann, the evil mother. A good performance from her, playing parental neglect personified.A must-see.
shanfrina
... I first saw this amazing B&W film, as a freshman at New Mexico Highlands Univ. in thee original Las Vegas! ('65-'66) Such great actors & that inspiring, sometimes haunting score by a young movie composer Jerry Goldsmith.Flash ahead to '79, when I was West Coast Editor of Radio & TV for "Billboard Magazine" in L.A. & interviewed Mr. Goldsmith at his Beverly Hills home. He was working on thee 1st. "Alien" film & starting the 1st. "Startrek!" Imagine what-a-THRILL it was for THIS fan to FINALLY-meet-HIM! ... We briefly spoke about "A Patch of Blue" & his process in creating the music. I told him how I'd always enjoyed film scores, starting with "The Wizard of Oz" (Harold Arlen was-a-Bflo., NY boy, where I-grew-up!) Working with Poitier was a thrill-for-him.If you've NEVER seen this classic, you owe it to yourself, friends-&-extended family to share! I thank God for thee arts, especially music. writing & the movies. It has enriched-my-life beyond measure!
LeifGreen
This movie is a lifelong favorite.I recently bought the DVD and I was intrigued to learn from the director's commentary that the book, "Be Ready with Bells and Drums" by the Australian author Elizabeth Kata, on which "A Patch Of Blue" is based, is written in first person.The reader doesn't find out that Gordon is African American, until Salina does.That is fascinating!This review has to be ten lines long, but I really don't have much more to say, except everyone should watch this movie.
