Product: Ryan's Daughter (Two-Disc Special Edition) (2006)
Rating: 5.0
This Deserves DVD Release!
I don't want to reiterate what has already been said, but this is a movie and story that will stay with you for a long time. Robert Mitchum is wonderful and unexpectedly believable as the initially reluctant but eventually steadfast schoolmaster husband. Sarah Miles is convincingly tragic as the village girl who wants her married life to reach the soaring heights of the gulls she sees on the beach but is greatly disappointed. And Christopher Jones gives a strong performance as the man haunted by what he has seen and done in war. The other "star" of this picture is the sea...what glorious cinematography! I really want to own a copy of this, but am just hoping a DVD will come out soon. I may even write the distributor...that's how good this movie is. See it!