A fine film. Although, they left way too much out of the movie from the fantastic novel, "Flowers for Algernon." There were also very useless scenes and at times quite stupid. Cliff Robertson is fantastic here though.

The psychedelic bit where he runs away is righteous.

Fascinating film, with a great performance by Robertson

Robertson gives a good performance and it's a mostly strong adaptation of "Flowers For Algernon", but some really dated 60s "artistic" scenes in the middle and a twee romance undermine some of its impact.

Doesn't really probe the same dark areas as the novel, but I guess it's a serviceable adaptation.

good

What this film taught me: intelligent people have maps of the solar system on their walls and unintelligent people wear clothes that don't fit.

The emotional resonance gets drowned out by some poor direction chioces. Good performances, but the TV movie from a couple years back is a better adaptation.

Robertson won an Oscar for his fine work here as the title character. Often needlessly arty but is well-served by the performances of Robertson and Bloom.

I was forced to watch this in 2nd grade. Why they decided to show a movie with such a horrifying premise and ending to a bunch of 7-year-olds I'll never understand.

The superlative Academy Award-winning performance of Robertson playing a mentally retarded bakery worker is reason enough to see this one. The rest of the film is appreciably less successful.

The psychedelic shit really bring it down.

Interesting that they did not show his decline (unlike the story/novel).

A decent adaptation of the heart-breaking short story 'Flowers for Algernon' fails to truly bring on the hurt, when the formerly retarded Charly, realises that the effect of his I.Q. treatments, that has made him a genius, are beginning to diminish. It is, however, a story so strong that it's always going to leave you with something to think about - or perhaps not - which would be a point in itself.

Pretty damn decent adaptation of _Flowers for Algernon_. Cliff Robertson's excellent performance helps immeasurably

Starts out as an enjoyable drama about a mentally challenged man who finds himself turned into a genius after a scientific experiment. It all falls apart in the second half when the film turns into a tearjerker romance story as the main character falls in love and then finds himself going back to his former self. Cliff Robertson gives a great (oscar winning) performance, but it can't save the film from its bad writing.