I recorded this film off of AMC a while back and then suffered through the agonizing torture of actually watching it. A film that should have taken an hour and a half to watch ended up taking me approximately two days to watch. I had to pinch myself every five minutes or so just to make sure that I was still awake, or alive for that matter.
I had seen Marilyn Monroe in two previous films I believe, and I mainly wanted to see 'River of No Return' just to see if she was any better in this than she was in those other horrible pictures. Was she? Nope. I will never understand what the big deal is/was with Monroe. She couldn't act and she wasn't as gorgeous as everyone claimed. That's strictly my opinion and I know that nobody else agrees with me but whatever. Monroe is boring as usual in 'River.' The singing, oh the singing, is terrible. I digested an aspirin after every song. I have never seen Robert Mitchum in anything else and I let out a sigh of relief because of that. He's three times as nauseating as Monroe. The best performance came from Tommy Rettig and that isn't saying much.
The movie really has no point to it. I know that the plot is there but WHERE exactly is it? The three actors jump on a raft and float down the river coming across different situations in the meantime.
I hate this film. Needless to say, I finally finished my tape only to record over this garbage soon after. Monroe and Mitchum managed to do little besides bore the audience. The writing is boring and when you throw that in with horrible acting, the outcome is a slow movie in which nobody should have to view.
PS - Marilyn Monroe could never act!
I had seen Marilyn Monroe in two previous films I believe, and I mainly wanted to see 'River of No Return' just to see if she was any better in this than she was in those other horrible pictures. Was she? Nope. I will never understand what the big deal is/was with Monroe. She couldn't act and she wasn't as gorgeous as everyone claimed. That's strictly my opinion and I know that nobody else agrees with me but whatever. Monroe is boring as usual in 'River.' The singing, oh the singing, is terrible. I digested an aspirin after every song. I have never seen Robert Mitchum in anything else and I let out a sigh of relief because of that. He's three times as nauseating as Monroe. The best performance came from Tommy Rettig and that isn't saying much.
The movie really has no point to it. I know that the plot is there but WHERE exactly is it? The three actors jump on a raft and float down the river coming across different situations in the meantime.
I hate this film. Needless to say, I finally finished my tape only to record over this garbage soon after. Monroe and Mitchum managed to do little besides bore the audience. The writing is boring and when you throw that in with horrible acting, the outcome is a slow movie in which nobody should have to view.
PS - Marilyn Monroe could never act!