Sweet Bird of Youth

October. 01,1989      NR
Rating:
5.4
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Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes into seclusion, becoming entangled with a much younger hotel masseur and resident gigolo.

Elizabeth Taylor as  Alexandra Del Lago
Mark Harmon as  Chance Wayne
Valerie Perrine as  Miss Lucy
Seymour Cassel as  Hatcher
Rip Torn as  Boss Finley
Kevin Geer as  Tom Junior
Ronnie Claire Edwards as  Aunt Nonnie

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Reviews

Kattiera Nana
1989/10/01

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Claysaba
1989/10/02

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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AshUnow
1989/10/03

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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Hayden Kane
1989/10/04

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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