Friendly Persuasion

Pros: Nicely written scenes of quiet, everyday life of Quaker family in 1860's; good performances
Cons: Too sentimental in these jaded times

I caught Friendly Persuasion on AMC the other day. I've seen the film before, but I hadn't realized that its writer, Michael Wilson, was blacklisted in 1951 (the same year he won an Oscar for "A Place in the Sun"). "Friendly...

Pros: Wonderful direction, wonderful cast of knowns and unknowns, great story
Cons: Only for nit-pickers

The song was hokey enough for Pat Boone to do the honors of singing it for the Title credits of the movie, and (like millions of other educated and deeply discriminating Americans) I really loved it! Not only did I love it, I was also thrilled when it...

Pros: cast, sets, cinematography
Cons: direction, humor, copout ending

Friendly Persuasion is a period drama and comedy, based on the best selling novel by Jessamyn West. The cast, sets, and cinematography are very good. The lengthy film has been popular since its release, both with movie fans and critics.
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Pros: great talent, story, color, music
Cons: certain parts of the movie drag just a little but are worth sitting thru overall

This is my favorite movie of all time. It has all you can want in a movie, humor, drama, romance. Based on a Quaker family during the civil war. The wife and mother is a Quaker minister. Her husband sometimes has difficulty fully committing to Quaker...