Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

roelou Just saw this Movie for the first time a few days ago. All the yelling gave me a headache. Marilyn looked bloated and unhealthy, especially in the bus when she sat down next to the younger Hope Lange who had a normal looking complexion. All that white makeup made her look like a ghost. After all the film is almost 60 years old. The culture has changed a lot. The boorish but likable hooligan is not exactly in vogue these days. Did I say likable. There's nothing likable about this cowboy. Its just too unbelievable even for 1957. In my opinion, the sweet last scene in this movie is not enough to save the painful 95% of the time taken up but the unbelievable over the top acting & lousy screen play. Sorry but I was not entertained.

atlasmb When Joshua Logan tested the play "Picnic" out of town, he had to confront the fact that audiences did not like certain aspects of the William Inge play, especially the ending. Over Inge's protests, he changed the play. It went to Broadway where it was successful. Logan was then pegged to direct the film. He brought the play "out of the box" of the theater and set the movie in an actual town.After the success of "Picnic" the movie, another Inge play, "Bus Stop" was brought to film with Logan again directing. This film has obvious similarities to "Picnic" even though Logan is not listed as writer. In particular, the scenes that occur before they reach the bus stop--with their slice of life montage--and the presence of Arthur O'Connell. Marilyn Monroe replaces Kim Novak as the small-town girl and Don Murray replaces William Holden as the interloper who enters her life.I disagree with those who find Marilyn Monroe's performance lacking. She plays Cherie--at least that's what she calls herself--a "chanteuse" from the hill county who has created what she thinks is a refined personality. For those who find her accent uneven, I suggest that it is no more real than her name, so it makes perfect sense that it comes and goes, mixed with her hill folk twang.Don Murray's performance is criticized by some as annoying or overly loud. Beau is a farm boy who has probably never talked with a woman, let alone kissed one. His manners are suitable for the barn because he doesn't know any better. His attraction to Cherie (whom he calls "Cherry") is like the first crush of a schoolboy, transformative and tempestuous. He is bursting at the seams with enthusiasm. His ideas of manhood are, no doubt, garnered from ranch hands. Jack Lemmon has played a few characters with similar traits--loud and enthusiastic.The original play was much different and, as Inge intended, much darker. It is a story about the essential loneliness of life. The movie has been considerably brightened. No doubt Logan had a large hand in that. When Cherie and Beau are waylaid at a bus stop with some strangers, Beau is forced to confront his caveman ways. Cherie is touched, leading to her revelation about her background. Somehow the bus stop scene is still the central part of the film. The kiss between Cherie and Beau after their transformations is touching and intense (thanks to the contrast with Beau's behavior beforehand).I don't think Cherie's decision at the end is as risky as the decision Madge makes at the end of "Picnic", but it still indicates a major change in the character. In the end, "Bus Stop" goes from over-the-top comedy to a love story.

eggartrealty I had heard such great things about this movie so I was excited to watch tonight on TCM.To my surprise it's one of the most dreadful movies I have ever sat through. Maybe this was a good movie in 1956 but today it's just laughable. Monroe was embarrassingly bad and Murray's character would be punched or shot if he acted that way in public (whether in 1956 or 2014) so it was totally unbelievable. "Over-acting" would be a nice comment on this cast. Just horrible.I really felt that I wasted two hours of my life watching this. I think people may be "reviewing" this movie from memory and not re-watching it to see how bad it actually is.

utgard14 You know how sometimes you watch a movie and you know it was based on a play? Well this is that kind of movie. I went into it unaware of its origins and could peg it right away. The dialogue and performances are overly theatrical and loud, very much like stage acting. Not realistic in the least. Just terrible acting, especially from the two leads. Marilyn's acting is praised a lot by people who inexplicably enjoy this movie. I guess I see why -- she is stepping outside of her comfort zone and portraying a character unlike anything else she had done up to this point. However, I can't really compliment her performance. Her accent is terrible, for starters. Obviously translating such a broad stage character to film is difficult but not impossible. The performance isn't subtle but, then again, not many in this movie are. Marilyn's makeup is also atrocious. I guess the character is supposed to be pale (why I don't know) so they cover her in makeup in some scenes to make her appear more pale. It's gross really.The worst part of the movie is Don Murray's Bo. He is insufferable to a degree words can't convey. I don't remember the last time I loathed a character as much as this one. He acts like an animal. He even eats raw meat! He barks at people and thinks he can just force them to do whatever he wants. He's completely unappealing as a human being. I recently watched the Joan Crawford "classic" Trog and let me tell you that troglodyte has more class and humanity than this...thing...Murray plays. Also this is supposed to be at least partly a comedy. Where was the humor? All of that obnoxiousness from Bo? Spit on that! The part in the end where he supposedly learns his lesson, or at least one of them, seemed forced and inauthentic. As with Marilyn, it's tempting to blame all of this on the story and how the characters are written. But I'm not giving the actors a free pass like that. A good actor could have brought some subtlety and humanity to these cardboard roles. But neither lead does that. They just play their parts like the worst community theatre hacks out there. If you're a Marilyn fan, you'll probably want to see this to judge for yourself. But be forewarned there's little of her charm, sex appeal, or personality on display here. Everybody else I can't stress enough how much you should avoid this rubbish.