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All That Heaven Allows
An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers.
27 February 1915, Cheney, Washington, USA
July 20, 1885 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA
July 13, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA
27 March 1931, Naponee, Nebraska, USA
8 September 1900, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
17 July 1936, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
5 November 1899, Knightstown, Indiana, USA
19 November 1905, New York City, New York, USA
3 March 1934, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
March 23, 1911 in New York City, New York, USA
February 07, 2006
When Carey (Jane Wyman) first visits the Andersons, friends of Ron (Rock Hudson), Thoreau's Walden is placed on the table. She then reads a passage in which he describes the "mass of men living lives of quiet desperation," a summation of her life.
August 03, 2014
Works as a straightforward melodrama, but is so meticulously crafted by a visual master that it provides endless material for those who wish to mine for deeper social commentary.
October 16, 2007
Hudson is handsome and somewhat wooden. Laconic of speech, and imbued with an angel's patience and understanding, it's at times hard to understand his passion for the widow, what with pretty girls just spoilingfor his attention.
October 18, 2008
A classic and beautiful film for those who love romantic stories
February 09, 2006
Beneath the stunningly lovely visuals -- all expressionist colours, reflections, and frames-within-frames, used to produce a precise symbolism -- lies a kernel of terrifying despair
October 16, 2007
Romance novel in narrative this transcends its genre with visual depth and perceptive socio-cultural insights.
July 13, 2014
Proof that there is artistry and glory in a genre that never had to apologise for itself, not when it was this confident, beautiful, and good.
October 16, 2007
One of Sirk's finest films.
September 04, 2004
A masterpiece (1955) by one of the most inventive and recondite directors ever to work in Hollywood, Douglas Sirk.
May 26, 2006
'Time, if anything, will vindicate Douglas Sirk,' wrote Andrew Sarris in 1968. He was right.
August 21, 2009
Sirk benefited immeasurably from the fact that the chief subject of his crazy cinema was postwar America.
March 25, 2006
Solid and sensible drama plainly had to give way to outright emotional bulldozing and a paving of easy clichés.

