Richard Burton is great in this, and so are all of the performers. Unfortunately, I felt like the film was dragged down by a dry, unremarkable visual style. Definately worth watching for the strong performances, and the quality of the play on which the film is based.

I can never look at horses the same again.

Intense version of a disturbing play. Burton is very good in this.

"A psychologist encounters a teenager who has created his own abnormal religion of horse-worship and unbridled passion. The jaded psychologist, acted powerfully by Richard Burton, already having doubts as to his work of 'normalizing' youths, reaches an intense state of self-doubt as he both respects, fears and psychologically manipulates the sick but vibrant youth who had a bloody eruption of passionate guilt that ended in violence. An unforgettable masterpiece."

Lovely, tragic, haunting, and moving. One of Sidney Lumet's finest.

Impressive, daring stuff. The premise doesn't have much depth to it but they managed to dig a lot of good text out of it. Lumet's directing is masterful and the acting is all top-notch.

Okay Movie