The Night of the Iguana (1964)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:10
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.2/10
Synopsis: Residing is a small hotel on the west coast of Mexico, Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon, a defrocked Episcopal preacher, hides from his lecherous past. He finds work as a tour guide for a group of... [More]
Starring: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon
Director: John Huston
Reviews for The Night of the Iguana
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Though uneven and not as powerful as other Williams-based films, Huston's version benefits from a high-profile cast, headed by Burton, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon and best of all Ava Gardner as the lusty hotel owner and Grayson Hall as the repressed lesbian Full Review |
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Direction by John Huston is resourceful and dynamic as he sympathetically weaves together the often-vague and philosophical threads that mark Tennessee Williams' writing. Full Review |
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 2.5/4 |
Alternately fascinating and boring. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Brilliant, apart from some minor plot glitches. Full Review |
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No one but Tennessee Williams could have concocted it, but anyone other than John Huston should have directed it. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Burton and Gardner star in heavily dramatic John Huston film.
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5/5 |
Hot, Hot, Hot!
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4/4 |
Would play well on a double-bill with Huston's The Misfits. Full Review |
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Films of Tennessee Williams' plays now often look very artificial and overwrought, but with this Huston came up with one of the best. Full Review |
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2/5 |
This adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play is heavy on melodrama and earnest performances, but weak on dialogue and lasting meaning. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Mr. Huston has got some scenic beauty of the Mexican coast here and there in black-and-white. But the setting, at the last, becomes monotonous -- just like the all-talk, no-play film. Full Review |
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B |
Noteworthy for Burton's acerbic performance and Ava's seen-it-all portrayal of an earthy lady. Full Review |
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Huston always had a sensitive hand in adapting great literary works and this is no exception, successfully bringing Williams' writing to the screen while effortlessly adding the Huston touch. Full Review |
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