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2.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/02/2021
Melodrama can be a hard beast to tame, even for a director as experienced as John Huston. Despite its accuracy, "Reflections in a Golden Eye" camps up the insightful musings of Carson McCullers' stinging novel.
Rating of
2.5/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 03/16/2018
Well this was weird as hell. Part southern gothic, part soap opera, part sex farce, part social commentary. Only John Huston could film something like this, let alone get Marlon friggin Brando and Elizabeth friggin aylor for the two roles.
Rating of
2.5/4
woody - wrote on 01/31/2011
Boy, is this an odd one! Marlon Brando is up to his quirky tricks, and Elizabeth Taylor again plays a wife who is trying to keep a weak hubby in line. Julie Harris is always a bit odd and affected, but especially here. And Brian Keith? He's always just doing the Brian Keith "Family Affair" thing. I waded through the Carson McCullers book, too. Both are worthy of some interest just for something different and seldom seen.
Rating of
4/4
Snake Sugarbaker - wrote on 12/11/2009
This John Huston masterpiece is great, especially because of the scene wherein a 35-year-old army wife (Liz Taylor) horsewhips her husband (Marlon Brando) at their dinner party. But it's also great for typical army-base-in-the-South kind of stuff: infidelity, voyeurism, insanity, racism, and Robert Forster riding horseback naked!
Rating of
1.5/4
Allison - wrote on 10/17/2008
Not great, but I watched the ending twice. It sort of came out of nowhere.
