Still the best film ever made

Rating: 10/10 (12 August 1999)

This has to be my number one - sure, it's kitsch in places, sometimes it is like a bad soap, but its tragic, funny, romantic, epic and everything that has already been said. I think the main four could not have been cast better and were probably giving their best performances (certainly it is on a par with Vivian Leigh's role in Streetcar and DeHavilland's role in Snake Pit). Wonderful colour, music, atmosphere ... a four hour wallow I'd highly recommend!