Film · United Artists · 1955
Pass it on
Marty
76Worth an evening.
A plain butcher almost lets his mother and his friends talk him out of her.
The review
Thirty-four, a butcher in the Bronx, living with his mother, and a call he almost doesn't make. His friends and his mother have a plan for him that's mostly loneliness. I recognized the arrangement. Nobody's asking him to grow. They're asking him not to embarrass them.
He meets a woman they call unattractive. He likes her. He almost lets them talk him out of calling. He calls. A house can watch this. I put it on when somebody here starts borrowing a heart from the loudest friend in the room. The brave bit is the call. That's the plot, and it's enough.
Journal
Keep Marty in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 76. Yours can differ.
The glance
Republic is the thin one.
Does anyone owe a neighbor, a law, or a town — or is every person out for themselves?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
A Man for All Seasons
89 instead of 76
A Man for All Seasons is still a drama film, and it scores 89 instead of 76. What you gain is republic: A state that wants the inner yes.
The eight
- 8Industry
He is a butcher in the Bronx, and that job is the size of his days.
- 9Household
He lives with his mother, and her plan for him is mostly loneliness.
- 7Piety
He almost lets the room decide, then he follows his own liking and calls.
- 8Courage
Calling her risks his mother and his friends, which is the life he has.
- 4Republic
The friends have a verdict; he owes the woman more than he owes the joke.
- 9Temperance
The want that matters is one plain call, not a grander life on offer.
- 8Truth
They call her unattractive, he likes her, and the call keeps that.
- 8Stewardship
What's left is a man who chose a person over a plan to stay alone.
Where to watch
Finding the page.
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