I have to admit, the reason I wanted to watch this movie was because I was curious to see the future president act so I started watching and I didn't like it. It took me two years to get back to this movie and when I turned it on I realized I'd already seen those scenes but that time it was different. Two hours flew by so quickly I didn't even stop for a second. And only with a rewatch I finally understood the real power of the movie - first time it showed me how to grow up and the second time it showed me how much I did.
"Kings Row" stars a whole bunch of brilliant actors and actresses: Robert Cummings, one of the most underrated actors of its generation who's as good in comedies as in dramas like this one; Ronald Reagan who's best known for this role and, having watched several movies with him, I have to agree on that - he played his guts out in this one; lovely Ann Sheridan whose character is so alive, warm and unbroken despite everything, she can bewitch any person watching into loving her. Supporting cast includes the great Claude Rains who is kind of typecast in his role but still is pretty damn good in it and fabulous Charles Coburn who vice versa surprised me the most by playing a vengeful and sadistic character so far gone from his usual type of role that I couldn't help but being amazed by his actions in the movie. Although he has only a couple of scenes in the movie his character is crucial to the story and Charles succeeds in delivering the best performance possible. I guess it's true that there are no small roles.
"Kings Row" doesn't allow you to relax for a second; it puts every character through one misfortune after the other and helps them grow, it leads them to where they belong, it shows them the way of growing up and finally makes the real people out of them. But most importantly, it makes me think of my life, who I am in this world, what I can do and what I've already gone through myself because that's what great movies do.
"Kings Row" stars a whole bunch of brilliant actors and actresses: Robert Cummings, one of the most underrated actors of its generation who's as good in comedies as in dramas like this one; Ronald Reagan who's best known for this role and, having watched several movies with him, I have to agree on that - he played his guts out in this one; lovely Ann Sheridan whose character is so alive, warm and unbroken despite everything, she can bewitch any person watching into loving her. Supporting cast includes the great Claude Rains who is kind of typecast in his role but still is pretty damn good in it and fabulous Charles Coburn who vice versa surprised me the most by playing a vengeful and sadistic character so far gone from his usual type of role that I couldn't help but being amazed by his actions in the movie. Although he has only a couple of scenes in the movie his character is crucial to the story and Charles succeeds in delivering the best performance possible. I guess it's true that there are no small roles.
"Kings Row" doesn't allow you to relax for a second; it puts every character through one misfortune after the other and helps them grow, it leads them to where they belong, it shows them the way of growing up and finally makes the real people out of them. But most importantly, it makes me think of my life, who I am in this world, what I can do and what I've already gone through myself because that's what great movies do.