Amongst the Billy Wilder stuff I've seen, this seems the most dated.

Milland's Birnam is an eccentric booze hound whose mounting desperation is a fascinating spectacle. The films treatment of addiction, particularly the strain put upon Birnam's brother Wick, played by Terry, and girlfriend Helen, depicted wonderfully by Wyman, is compelling. However, the film does occasionally descend into overreaching hyperbole, and its protagonist, while desperate, always seems to retain his approachable demeanor, trading in a bit of the films credibility for accessibility.

Although a groundbreaking exploration of alcoholism, this film was surpassed by "The Days of Wine and Roses" 15 years later. The redemption ending felt too sudden and forced for me to connect.

No one can play a better drunk than Ray Milland.

Well written and directed film about alcoholism. it contains elements of both humor and horror--both perfectly integrated into the whole.

This film dramatises alcohol and its negative effects. Probably overly so. I don’t have a whole lot to say about this film, but it was good. The direction, the writing, the performances, the music - all well-done.

A classic, in my top 20 of all time. A great movie about addiction. Ray Milland gives a top notch performance. Another great Billy Wilder film.

alkolizm, bagimlilik, yazar, alkol, (alkolik bir adamin alkol icin yapabileceklerini anlatiyor. Tam bir didaktik film olmus. ama beni pek sarmadi)

Pretty absurd but it has its moments. The acting for the most part is pretty awful and I'm sure this was pretty riveting for the time but we have this show called Intervention now and that is way more interesting and makes this crap look really dated. I think Ed Wood stole some of this soundtrack for Plan 9, sounds exactly the same.

More dramatic than Hollywood was used too. Loved the rat/bat scene.

Was surprised how good this was, because I've read everywhere that it was supposed to be dated. Alcoholism might be a more common addiction now but it's still extremely relevant and the movie hasn't lost its poignancy. That scene in the theatre is simply just brutal. Excellent performance by Milland.

The high praise for this is confusing. As an exploration of the effects of alcoholism it feels quite on the nose and though Milland's performance is impressive this can't quite make up for the silly hallucination scenes, Wilder's innappropriately quirky plotting and the score which sounds like something out of a '50s sci-fi B-movie. Still it's dramatically engaging, and more interesting when seen as about how society's attitude towards alcoholics only exacerbates their situation.

How it has dated is great. The acting is all a bit hammed up by everyone, pretty convincing protrait of a desperate alcoholic, but the acting and the silly happy ending all get in the way.

It's a good story, but the ending and poor acting from Jane Wyman are quite disappointing. Also; it feels quite dated nowadays.

of course wilder is never bad per se, but he plays this one out in a kind of dramatically self gratifying way. the writing is good, and the acting is nothing to complain about. it's basically a good watch that you'll probably never talk about or remember in a particularly good light.

Very well-made, but towards the end it just couldn't keep my interest.