Neal Weaver – LA Weekly
Ketti Frings’ 1958 adaptation of Thomas Wolfe’s autobiographical novel tells the story of young writer-to-be Eugene Gant (Grant Tambellini) and his embattled efforts to break free of his grasping, controlling mother, Eliza (Alison Blanchard), and his savagely dysfunctional family, and acquire an education. Frings’ script won a Pulitzer Prize in its day, but in some respects time hasn’t been kind to it, particularly in the early scenes, which seem weak, unfocused and dated.
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