Inside Daisy Clover
Inside Daisy Clover
NR | 22 December 1965 (USA)
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A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Fairaher

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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ChampDavSlim

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

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Hadrina

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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plazarote

A great Hollywood story that unfortunately left me disconcerted by the fact that this is a story that takes place during the 1930s & 40's but Natalie Woods character is dressed and made up like she is in the 1960s. I think this lack of veracity simply throws off the entire film and prevents the story to really move forward. How did this immense detail escape Edith Head and the directors eye? As the story moves on you can see, perhaps the reason behind keeping Woods hair in an ugly short bob (maybe to make her look younger?) she is playing a 17 yr old although Wood was 27. The hair is frosted over by 1960s ugly highlights. Natalie Woods costumes are simply horrendous and the films ending looks way off and zany.

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Neil Doyle

I kept hoping that INSIDE DAISY CLOVER would get over the clumsy opening scenes and turn into an interesting story about Hollywood's past. But nothing about the film even suggests that it's taking place in the 1930s--it's all strictly a product of the '60s. I understand Natalie Wood was unsatisfied with the final product--easy to see why. On paper, it may have looked like a good idea but something went very much amiss.It's phony from start to finish with Natalie Wood pretending to be the awkward ragamuffin whose recording of a single song turns her into a Hollywood superstar who finds out that Tinseltown is really a nightmare for her sensitive "inside." Her singing (dubbed) is so lacking in anything suggesting a studio mogul would want to summon her for an audition, let alone an interview.Christopher Plummer is unbelievably caddish in the kind of role he ought to want to forget more than he does the captain in THE SOUND OF MUSIC. A good thing his career resume shows he survived after appearing in this abysmal mess. I hoped that Ruth Gordon would give some class to the project, but it's strictly a by-the-numbers performance that even she can't breathe any life into. Robert Redford has a meaningless role as the gay man Daisy loves and Roddy McDowall is simply acting pretty much like himself.The script has as much depth as tissue paper. None of the characters are likable or believable enough to sustain the weight of a dreary script. By all means, avoid this one if you can.

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jaster-7

This movie did not hit the mark on so many levels, but certainly an interesting movie experience. First off I just dislike the title of this film. And the name Daisy Clover is just too stupid – I understand the movie is based on a book – still stupid.I'm always entranced at how absolutely beautiful Natalie Wood is. In this movie she's captivating. Her lip synching isn't great, but her energy in the production numbers is believable. A Miss: Daisy Clover is discovered as a singer, not a musical performer – so I thought it was weird that she goes to Hollywood just because of her voice and miraculously is also beautiful, a dancer, great performer, actor, etc. I would have believed her as 20 maybe but not 15! That made it hard to really feel she was a young and innocent girl, nor feel empathy for what she must be going through. A Miss: What is that colour of hair she has in this movie? It looks like brown with an overlay of concrete dust streaked in. And what is with the gold lame outfit they keep showing her in – it's so 60s! They could have set this the 60s – but if it's in the 30s, show the 30s please.A Miss: Daisy seems to lose her edgy spunk after being absorbed into Swan studio. At the night of her premiere as they are preparing to leave, Plumber is telling her smile big, bigger, and curtsy low. His wife Melora gives her a personal memento gift and the whole time Daisy just smiles a little confusedly – doesn't say a word. Then she walks out alone for some reason (although they were all supposed to go together?) and Roddy McDowell says 'Here's something for your scrapbook." and it's a promo ad out of a newspaper on her premiere. Suddenly Daisy acts like she's been completely insulted and throws it aside and goes outside and has a hissy fit, fling the gift away, etc. and writing on the building "Raymond Swan is a Mother Killer!"…a convenient subplot supports this sentiment, but I'm sure the wink is, yeah, Motherkiller – I get it. And Daisy so hates Roddy McDowell it's lethal, but I never really understood why.A Miss: If they want so much control over this 15 year old, wouldn't Swan and cohorts be making sure she had a friend/mentor to watch over her every second, know all her secrets, and indoctrinating her into studio life? Not just letting her run all over the place, out of control, after they've just groomed her up for a show – something like a little kid playing in the dirt in their Sunday best – i.e. if this is a studio family, where are the parents?A Miss: Obviously the charming cad Wade Lewis isn't good for Daisy – hijacking her away from her shows and premiere. So why is there no one watching out to make sure she doesn't get tangled up with Wade since Raymond and Melora knew all about him? And if she's 15 isn't that statutory rape? The Swans finally get around to stepping in – and so Wade asks Daisy to marry him in front on the Swans. So they get married – same question – is she allowed to marry at 15? A Miss: An elaborate wedding and no plans for the honeymoon? The newlyweds stay in a shabby adobe roadside motel in a place called Jaw Bone where he abandons her? And they arrive like fugitives, albeit stopping in what appears to be the middle of the day totally exhausted, saying it's an hour before dawn – seems so fake. Wouldn't Swan have everything to say about the image of his precious Daisy and take care of her honeymoon? A Miss: The almost comedic ending to this movie – so strange. A better ending would have been that she succeeds - or does herself in with booze, etc. This is a tragedy right?A Hit: I love when Melora screams "She doesn't have a headache – she has a HEARTAAACH!!! Best overwrought line in the show!!A Hit: Plummer is great in his talk to Daisy by the pool. Only thing is they never show Daisy's face – just the top of her head and so you don't get any satisfaction of seeing her reactions to his words. He's such a vampire – giving her deep passionate energy-sucking kisses and the next moment slapping her face. "There's more where you came from."A Hit: Ruth Gordon is worth watching – she's stands out as the only real, flesh and blood person, with any colour at all in the movie.A Hit: Daisy's meltdown in the sound booth - the spooky silence with just cold machinery noises faintly heard while we see her losing it in stages. Very Orson Wellsian.

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SkyPowers

This is exactly the type of film that could never be made today. The artistic freedom on display here is breathtaking and achingly nostalgic. No Hollywood cookie-cutter, it crosses genres faster than multiplex ticket-crasher going from beatnik to "A Star is Born' to "Sunset Blvd." to "All That Jazz" to "I Could Go on Singing" -- and somehow it works! Natalie Wood plays teenager Daisy Clover who sends a 45 vinyl record (it's the '30s) to Swan Studios and soon becomes America's "Little Miss Valentine." And she pulls it off, even though we saw her at the same age 10 years earlier in "Rebel Without a Cause." For aspiring writers and directors -- and for working ones -- I challenge you to find a film where the absence of dialogue is used with more effectiveness, in this case, underrated Natalie Wood saying nothing as her world whirls aorund her with dizzying speed, romanced by Wade Lewis (Robert Redford), mentored by Raymond Swan (Christopher Plummer), befriended by Mrs. Swan (Katherine Bard in a transcendent performance). These were the days when the paparazzi were literally owned by the studios. FYI Angel Beach is Santa Monica beach and you'll recognize the pier and the most filmed merry-go-round in history. I was fascinated how, in 1965, so many taboo subjects got through the ratings board. Worth it just to see one of the greatest screen marriage proposals ever.

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