Memorable, crazy movie

Great Film overall

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

This isn't exactly a feminist movie! It's much more misogynist. The only thing that the film is worth is Marilyn Monroe. At the time, she was going to learn acting from Lee Strasberg at the famous Actor's Studio. So, her performance here is certainly better and more nuanced than it had been.The cinematography is fine, and director Joshua Logan keeps things moving along. But, at the same time, Logan allows the bracing level of sexism to go on in the movie. Logan was a well-regarded director, and certainly had the pull to change things if he had wished.But, he doesn't. Don Murray, who went on to be a perfectly decent actor, plays Beau with a ham-fisted, way over-the-top quality that is embarrassing, to say the least. His borderline-violent way of going after Monroe's Chérie is difficult to watch. At least Chérie holds off against him for a while, before giving into him at the end.You wonder why women would put up with this. This movie was just on TCM's "The Essentials," with Robert Osborne and, inexplicably, Drew Barrymore. I say "inexplicably" because there are a great many very knowledgeable women in the film business. Barrymore is most likely on there because TCM is endlessly fascinated by the children of famous Hollywood families, like the Barrymore's, Mankiewicz's, Fonda's, etc. Or, she's there because Osborne has a crush on her, like he did Rose McGowan.So, Barrymore didn't have a problem at all with Murray's Beau. She found him attractive, passionate and erotic! There are women who obviously get off on men who treat them like garbage. I think it's about women with a lot of spare estrogen who want men with a lot of spare testosterone. So, Barrymore obviously is one of those women.But, you could tell how Osborne was very much put off with Beau's endless bullying of Chérie. And, the fact that the movie makes it seem to pay off for Beau at the end makes it even more reprehensible.*** (3 Out of 10 Stars)

Rodeo cowboy Beauregard Decker (Don Murray) is a stubborn naive idiot. He takes the bus to Phoenix for the rodeo. His friend Virgil Blessing encourages him to talk to girls but he doesn't have much experience. In Phoenix, singer Chérie (Marilyn Monroe) at the Blue Dragon Cafe, who is aiming to go to Hollywood, is forced to hustle Virgil to pay for her drinks. Bo falls for her right away. She likes him but has no intention of marrying him or going back to Montana with him. He keeps ignorantly dragging her around expecting to get married. She tries to run away to Los Angeles but he literally ropes her like cattle and force her onto the bus to Montana.This is dumb and dumber, the rom-com. I find Beau to be very annoying in his clueless childishness. First, he's a clingy stalker. Then he becomes a full blown kidnapper. I really feel sorry for Chérie. While I understand the attempt to out-dumb Marilyn Monroe, Beau needs to be a lovable dunce. To top it off, he also has that loud mouth and bad singing. Monroe is relatively good but I just hate him so much. I guess he's playing the fool but he fails to find the balance... any balance... any sense that there is a balance. He is all idiot and no likability.

And I mean it. *The acting is very good. Bo is supposed to be an obnoxious hick.* I don't get why it gets so many hate. I mean, just take a loot at it's message board. A lot of users talking about how 'obnoxious' this film is, and specifically how Bo's character was annoying. Well, the character is supposed to be annoying. He's a jerk, who had never been in contact with civilization before. As an ignorant, hick jerk, he doesn't understand that people need to respect the free will of others. The film isn't glorifying anything, and Bo ISN'T a bad person, he is only immature, and he definitely learnt his lesson in the end. Don Murray was also great in it. *Bland cinematography, just like many films from that same age.* I didn't like the cinematography, it just isn't advanced enough nor there is a lot of craft put on it. But compared to other films from the same age, it allows a deeper immersion of the modern viewer in the story so I give it kudos for that. There is a few awesome shots and a nice editing work, such as in the rodeo sequence, and the fight scene between the Bo and the bus driver. *Quite formulaic, but the story is enjoyable enough.* As I mentioned already, the film wouldn't show an ignorant hick as the character who is the bully if it had any intention of glorifying his actions. Is quite the opposite, actually. And I didn't find this film all that annoying at all. In the final 10 minutes there is a bit of insufferable melodrama, and is quite formulaic, but besides that, is enjoyable and even funny at times. "Conclusion:"  *Isn't what I would call "a good film", but is definitely the best film starring Marilyn Monroe ever made. At least, the less annoying one...*

I really wish don wasn't in this he was so annoying trying to get with Marilyn and fails because he tries too hard and I wish I can like every movie Marilyn is in but I cant because this kinda sucks and some other films I feel so bad Marilyn had to be a part of this whatever just don't watch if you hate annoying characters that tries too hard to get a GIRL just don't bother either check out just because Marilyn I guess but seriously who wrote a character like that. he should 've been OK she hates me I'll let her be but instead tries and fails tries and fails throughout the film just really don't bother unless you want to get annoyed and want to go through the screen and punch don because of how annoying he is as a character please