The pacing is a little loose but it's a great film of contrasts. Clift and Remick are both a little stilted but it works out for the film's benefit as their characters are both out of their element and constantly trying to find the best course of action. The little open ended social and political commentary is good too.

All three threads of the plot are very compelling, with some unexpected turns and complex character development. Clift gives a mighty fine performance, and although Remick fails to impress at first, she comes into her own by the end. But the absolute star of the cast is Jo Van Fleet, who does an awful lot with relatively little screen time. Round things off with a lovely score and some surprisingly good cinematography for a Kazan film. A terrific movie about the costs and benefits of progress.

I officially don't like Montgomery Clift. He's so wooden, boring and uninteresting in everything I see him in. He's not a lead, maybe a bit player but he certainly can't carry a movie. It has some good moments (all the confrontation scenes are good, if not a bit cliched) but it's mainly filled with scenes just missing that magic moment. The cinematography was great though but it needed a new cast and more scenes of Lee Remick getting punched in the face.

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A fine film about the TVA with great Tennessee location photography and atmosphere. Remick is lovely, Clift is at his best, but the great thing about this movie is 41-year-old Jo Van Fleet's performance as an 80-year-old woman who stubbornly refuses to be moved from her island home.

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One of Kazan's few color films. It works.