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Look Back in Anger (1959)

Rate: 6
Viewed: 3/16

3/16: It doesn't take long to realize that Look Back in Anger is Richard Burton's show all the way through and that he's ready to destroy anyone with his superior acting.

However, it's not clear why his acerbic character is angry all the time who seems to be dead set in making everybody else as miserable as he, hence the lowered rating.

A lot of people said Richard Burton was too old to play the role. But I think he's fine. Claire Bloom and Mary Ure do a good job by holding their own against the fiery star. Gary Raymond is the weakest link of the four, using his dark, pretty-boy looks to get by.

All in all, Look Back in Anger is a definitive British kitchen sink drama picture, but A Streetcar Named Desire and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? are better.

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