steve187

I remember that we did this play in high school, and I remember thinking "What is the point of this play? Nothing interesting happens!". Hadn't seen the movie since then, but caught it on TV the other day and wow ... how time DOESN'T change my impression of this story. Kirk Douglas IS Spartacus, so you can't slam the guy, but Kirk, Kirk, Kirk. baaaad acting, my friend. I loved the scene after he had called his wife a tramp, gets a talking to from his newspaper friend, then comes back in all "but I love you", then goes back to raging against her two lines later. Can you say emotional problems, McCloud? And don't even need to go into the terrible over-acting from "Charley". Blah, I give it a 3 out of 10. Lee Grant was the only redeeming part of the movie.

Oh, this film is horrible, make no mistake about it. The reason I gave it a 7 is because it's so bad as a straight-faced movie that it's an A+ as garbage! This film is really really bad, I don't have to tell you that. But if you are looking for a few hours of "oh my God, I can't believe they made this", it's not bad. MST3K spoofed it awhile back, and it's one of their better episodes. And, get this -- I knew Susan Kiger (AKA - the singer)! She is still hot, and a very sweet person. I was watching the MST3K version one day, and realized -- OHMYGOD, I know her! I brought it up to her, and she laughed and was shocked that I knew the movie. I gave her a copy of the MST3k version (funny, since they rip on her pretty harshly), and she loved it! What a good sport!