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Clock, The (1945) Rank 3 Reviews
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filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
For me, the film was slow going. The plot is both thin and familiar: boy meets girl, boy (literally) loses girl, boy wins girl. With the emphasis on sweetness, the comedic and selfish aspects of romance are played down. The closest that the young lovers ...read the complete Clock movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
The Cinematic Threads
Charming - although more than a little contrived - story about the chance meeting of two people (soldier Robert Walker and office worker Judy Garland) in congested New York City and their time spent together. Pauline Kael was correct in observing that ...read the complete Clock movie review at The Cinematic Threads
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Vincente Minnelli's first nonmusical (1945) is a charming and stylish if somewhat sentimental love story about a soldier (Robert Walker) on a two-day leave in New York who meets and marries an office worker (Judy Garland). Filmed on a studio soundstage ...read the complete Clock movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
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by lisa on November 26, 2009
1945 Vincent Minnelli's THE CLOCK with Judy Garland and Robert Walker. A sentimental and sweet story about a soldier on a 2 day leave in New York City while waiting to ship out to Europe during WW2. He does not know anyone and is lonely and intimidated ...
by Jennifer L. Marti... on November 11, 2009
If you like old movies that are touching, the guys are true gentlemen, and the girls are pure and innocent - you'll love this movie. Wish they made them like this now-a-days. This is coming from a 19 year old by the way ;). ...
by Josie Cabot "Josi... on September 28, 2009
I am biased, being a big fan of Robert Walker, especially his performance in "Strangers on a Train"Strangers on a Train (Two-Disc Special Edition). But I really do love this movie. The Clock It is an old fashioned love story, and even it's 1940's ...
by Jennie Johanson on September 25, 2009
I'm not really into chick-flicks. Sappy, sentimental schmaltz or sensuality is more likely to make me grimace that sigh blissfully. Not that I have anything against romance, only I appreciate it more in the context of an adventure film or light-hearted ...
by Karl D. Spence "D... on March 23, 2009
Actually the romance between the two stars seems more realistic since we aren't privvy to all of their sexual hangups or bedtime details and can concentrate on the emotional interface. The shots of '40's New York are great and if you have an HDTV with a ...
by Movie Fan. "Jake" on February 16, 2009
And This Is A Judy Garland Classic Movie I Love Everthing About This
Film The Story And How They Meet. ...
by Sara Brideson "A ... on March 29, 2008
I first saw this movie when I was eight years old and ten years later I still have not grown tired of it. It is one of those films which gets better with each viewing. The deceivingly simple love story of a young woman and a GI who fall in love and get ...
by DVDLOVER on August 06, 2007
ONE OF JUDY GARLAND'S BEST PERFORMANCES, WITHOUT HER SINGING! IF YOU LIKE GOOD OLD FASHIONED LOVE STORIES, WHERE BOY & GIRL BUMP INTO ONE ANOTHER AND ETC.., YOU'LL LOVE THIS ...
by John Farr "The Be... on June 25, 2007
Minnelli's sentimental, spirited and touching wartime romance was a small picture by MGM standards, but Garland's star power and the backdrop of bustling Manhattan (actually Hollywood sound stages) give the picture a dynamic, worldly feel. Walker is ...
by Quilmiense on May 01, 2007
I thought I had seen all of Vincente Minnelli's greatest films, well, I was so wrong... 'The Clock' is truly comparable to his great 'Meet Me in St. Louis', 'Gigi', 'The Band Wagon'... He has so many great classics, but I believe this one may be his ...
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