Splendor In the Grass

One of my favorite movies of all time. Love Natalie Wood and the handsome Warren Beatty.

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Just a warning this movie does not have a "happily ever after" for some of the characters but the movie was beautifully done and worth renting.

a beautiful yet sad movie, natalie should have got the oscar for this

It was one of those movies that you never really do forget.I think everyone can relate to at least one of the characters or circumstances.That's what makes it such a great movie,it is't cookie cutter drama,it feels real...and you feel as though the characters are real people who you worry about.The movie wears it's heart on the sleeve,and I don't care if you buy or rent,but see this film at least once.I don't think you'll regret it one bit :)

I have watched this movie many times as a child and as a teenager. Also I saw this movie maybe once or twice in my early twenties, including the remake, and all those times I had focused on the intensity of the love story and cried at the sad ending. I have not seen this movie in twenty-four years. Since then, I have read many theories and descriptions as to what this movie means and what it is about. Some have said it is about sexual repression that existed during the nineteen twenties. Others have claimed that it is about the social distinctions of the rich and poor. Well, I watched this movie again for the first in twenty some odd years and found that it has taken on a whole new meaning for me. I realized that it is about navigating the rocky road of adulthood and understanding that the hardest lesson to learn in life is that the only thing that we can control is ourselves and our own behaviors. We do not have control over situations that occur outside of and around us, but we can control how we react to them. The backdrop of the stock market crash bears this out. Bud's father thought he was in control of everything, including his son Bud, and found out the hard way and much too late that this just was not so. He committed suicide when this truth finally hit home and realized that he had lost all of his money. I guess you can also say that this movie is about making family your number one priority. When you do that everything else just seems to fall into place. As was the case with Deanie's family, who survived the crash because they had sold their stocks, to pay for Deanie's hospital care. The acting was superb and everything about this movie is absolutely amazing.

At the end, they made a choice. You will have to decide if the choice was right and whether you would have made the same one.

This is a beautiful movie and is perfect in every way. Have a box of tissues handy; you may need them.

When you watch Splendor in the Grass, its one of those movies where you feel the ache and the love that the actors portray. It shouldn't be called a movie, it should be called reality of how great it is acted. The story is outstanding ad there are no better words than perfect.

Natalie Wood is amazing and very heartbreaking to watch in some scenes. I couldn't believe this was Warren Beatty's first movie. He did great in this movie, however, Bonnie and Clyde was his best film of all time. If you like classic love stories, this would be the movie to add to your iPod. I would definitely recommend it.