Not as much story here as I had hoped. The conflict in the third act was fairly lacking. Borgnine is fantastic though.

89.000

Awww.

Very good screenplay with some honest and realistic dialogue. The real highlight of this film is Borgnine and Blair. Their night together contains some of the warmest moments I've seen, incredibly moving stuff. Both of them are fantastic and have chemistry of a sort you rarely see. But I didn't care too much for the rest of it. All the stuff with his aunt and his bonehead friends didn't interest me at all. But the Marty/Clara scenes are so genuine, endearing and sweet that it's still worth it.

I like this director, he's got balls. Long takes, plenty of beautiful night-time location shots, a good sense of pace. It doesn't always work, but when it does it's very impressive.

11 Kasim 2008 - White House, Kas

Blair Brown is actually quite attractive. I like this movie anyway

Pleasant little movie with a nice heart. The plot is a bit spare, but Borgnine fills it out quite well with his genial performance.

Good acting all-around, particularly from Borgnine, and writing; however, not good enough to overcome a few doldrums in the story. I wouldn't call Marty a masterpiece, but you could do worse.

Aw Marty, when you getting married, you're 34 and all your younger brothers are married, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. What a fantastic movie, the plot is sparse but the character of Marty fills the void many times over. The arc is so honest and ends so perfectly that it alone makes a good movie. Then you add in all the little jokes, offhand remarks and life struggles and the film rushes forth to near perfection.

How do you not root like crazy for Borgnine? A+ performance makes the film.

It's Paddy Chayefsky's script that deserves attention here. A didactic film with an old-fashioned morality for which getting married is everything, but lots of good dialogue and nice to watch.

Great film.

See it. Charming. Wonderful

once again i go into a movie penned by chayefsky assuming i'd get blown away, but there was no awesomeness to be had. this is a very sad thing considering i love borgnine and the marty's character.

a simple, straightforward story about two lonely hearts looking for love.....recommended

About as good as the television play. While Chayefsky's story certainly holds emotional truth, it's almost too well put together. That is, I don't remember the writing in the original being this obvious. Maybe it was; I'm not sure. Borgnine carries the movie very well in the lead role. Maybe it's just me but, curiously, Marty's mother's thick accent reminded me of Jar Jar Binks's - which was weird.

You can always count on Paddy Chayefsky for good dialogue, and several things about this story surprised me too. The acting is excellent, especially by Borgnine, and his Italian mother amused me. A very sweet film.

A pretty simple and nice film. You'd have to be a cynical bastard not to enjoy it even just a little (and I'm a pretty cynical bastard myself).