The script is riddled with obvious problems, but the acting is top-notch.
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12/11/07
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:9
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.5/10
Synopsis: Sydney Pollack directs this steamy melodrama co-scripted by Francis Ford Coppola from a play by Southern Gothic maestro Tennessee Williams. Robert Redford stars as Owen Legate, a handsome railroad... [More]
Starring: Robert Redford, Natalie Wood, Kate Reid, Charles Bronson
Director: Sydney Pollack
Reviews for This Property Is Condemned
1 - 14 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Derived from a Tennessee Williams one-acter, the production is adult without being sensational, touching without being maudlin.
12/11/07
Top CriticConsidering the wealth of talent that participated in this Tennessee Williams adaptation, the results are disappointing in the extreme.
02/09/06
No review available.
11/05/05
No review available.
07/01/05
Under Sydney Pollack's direction, they are all acting seamy sterotypes.
05/09/05
Top CriticNo review available.
04/28/05
Pretty controversial in its time; see it for Redford and Wood.
11/01/04
No review available.
08/25/04
No review available.
03/26/04
For megafans of its leads only.
11/23/03
No review available.
08/15/03
Coppola had a hand in the script, but this is an overcooked melodrama that's easy on the eye and not too taxing on the brain.
05/24/03
Sydney Pollack's second film (1966) has Natalie Wood and Robert Redford entangled in a steamy Tennessee Williams plotline, well photographed by James Wong Howe.
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