Written by James M. Tate / 2/27/2011 / No comments / drifter , elmore leonard , leigh taylor-young , robert ryan , robert webber , sixties , van heflin
THE BIG BOUNCE
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year: 1969 cast: Ryan O'Neal, Leigh Taylor-Young, Van Heflin rating: *** |
There are good and bad during that time, and this lies somewhere in-between. Ryan O'Neal is an unassuming drifter in a small Florida town. He's told to leave after bashing a local with a baseball bat, but stays for a job working a beach side motel, where he "befriends" Lee Grant and gorgeous gold digger Leigh Taylor-Young: who's nothing but trouble in a Film Noir kinda way.
The acting and story are fine (especially Taylor-Young), but the music... sounding like a kid's TV show with lyrics narrating the film and characters... is the real problem, turning what could have been an intriguing melodrama into a bland, forgettable one.
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