Excellent but underrated film

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

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

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof shows incredible quanlification on Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor's performance.During watching this film,one who appreciates it must contribute adequate concentration to their expression.

Tennessee Williams are so hard to watch. There are always tormented characters, failure, insensitivity, and lust. The inimitable Burl Ives plays Big Daddy, the patriarch, who is dying, though he doesn't know it for sure. Paul Newman is the son who has never connected with him; actually, there is great hatred for him. His wife is Elizabeth Taylor, Maggie the Cat, who is stunning, of course. This revolves around a birthday party for Big Daddy where the other son and his whiny wife and their kids are circling like vultures, trying to get the entire estate when Big Daddy dies. Brick, Newman's character, is a drunk and walks around with a cast because his foolish actions caused him to break his leg. Of course, the story revolves around the in-fighting plus getting at the root of Brick's anger toward his father. When this is revealed, it creates a final confrontation between the two stiff backed men. Quite a remarkable movie. Ives is a consummate actor and it's interesting how few film roles he had. This is undoubtedly his best.

I don't think I've seen Elizabeth Taylor as gorgeous as she is in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Just stunning. And she gives a great performance in the film, adding to the terrific ensemble cast (Newman, Ives, Carson, Anderson, Sherwood) in this near-2- hourlong argument that feels just like you're watching a stageplay. The dialogue bristles and keeps your attention rapt even as you pray for these people to stop punishing each other. Not I've wanted to punch someone so badly as I did sister Mae and her no-neck heathens. At the very least, the incorrigible Newman came to his damn senses and learned to love Taylor again. But it's Burl Ives performance that steals the show. Easy. The guy had heart, and lent depth to that character. Really a great performance. It's a bit of a rough movie, flared tempers and voices always shouting. It's like one of those really awful family reunions (with death hanging in the air, to boot) you have to sit through. But there's a catharsis at the end of this hard-fought skirmish, and the movie's all the more rewarding for it. Great movie.8/10

The Film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring Elizabeth Taylor as Maggie and Paul Newman as Brick is a family drama that revolves around a young couple that is in a marriage crisis. There are not so polite family squabbles between sisters in laws and a patriarch with a fatal medical condition that add tension to the family dynamic. While the family gathers to celebrate the birthday of the head of family Big Daddy Pollitt they also gather to fight over their inheritance. While the family is aware that Brick's and Maggie's marriage is in trouble because of Brick's alcoholism they also must face the reasons why Brick started drinking. This film directed by Richard Brooks has all the subtle southern family tension that Tennessee Williams is famous for in this and his works such as the screenplay A Streetcar Named Desire.