Suddenly, Last Summer
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: January 1, 1960 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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80
EmpireKim Newman
Superbly adapted with blistering performances from Taylor and Hepburn. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The battles between the imperious Hepburn and the presumed-mad Taylor are pure theatricality, while sensitive shrink Clift observes it all and emotes. Read full review
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
An outrageous, melodramatic shocker touching on madness, homosexual prostitution, incest, disease and cannibalism, replete with enough imagery to sustain an American Lit seminar for months. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLawrence O'Toole
A deliciously bad film. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
The cast packs enough sexual ambiguity to satisfy the most rabid Williams fan (not to mention a screenplay by Gore Vidal), but Mankiewicz leaves much of the innuendo unexplored—thankfully, perhaps. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
It was the first time that homosexuality and cannibalism had ever been handled by a mainstream studio as a commercial venture. Let's hope that it remains the last time those two practices will be presented in tandem. Read full review
50
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
It has some very effective moments, but on the whole it fails to move. Read full review
40
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
Joseph L. Mankiewicz' direction is strained and sluggish, as is, indeed, the whole conceit of the drama. It should have been left to the off-Broadway stage. Read full review
40
The New YorkerPauline Kael
They should never have allowed the audience so much time to think about what's going on: the short play turns into a ludicrous, lumbering horror movie.
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