Tom Lee is a sensitive boy of 17 whose lack of interest in the "manly" pursuits of sports, mountain climbing and girls labels him "sister-boy" at the college he is attending. Head master Bill Reynold's wife Laura sees Tom's suffering at the hands of his school mates (and her husband), and tries to help him find himself.... (Full plot summary below)
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Tom Lee is a sensitive boy of 17 whose lack of interest in the "manly" pursuits of sports, mountain climbing and girls labels him "sister-boy" at the college he is attending. Head master Bill Reynold's wife Laura sees Tom's suffering at the hands of his school mates (and her husband), and tries to help him find himself.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThough stale, betraying its theatrical origins (Kazan did it on stage), Minnelli's version still reflects the sexual and social anxieties of the McCarthy era as well as of his own life. |
| Classic Film and TelevisionMichael E. GrostRemarkable early report on The War on Homosexuals. |
| User ReviewC.J. AThere was something about the film that got me enthralled, the whole thing was so brutal in its showing, the whole thing was pretty good. |
| User ReviewSarah MYoung boy falls in love with older woman. It happens ladies.. |
| User Reviewberta aOne of the best movies I've seen in a while. Or course, I'm a sucker for classics, and "Sympathy" was stunning. |
| User ReviewBenjamin SRevisited my aging VHS copy of this 1956 classic: Tea & Sympathy offers a prescient analysis of bullying, the violence of enforced gender codes, and rituals of homosocial normativity (enforced male merriment). At the same time that it oddly confronts the homophobia enmeshed in gender policing head-on, it also constantly elides its own nascent queer politics. The voice of conscience throughout, Lauraâ??s sometimes proto-feminist / sometimes Mrs. Robinson-esque character is ultimately forced to retract/ repent her radical actions in a moralizing epistolary that closes the film. The protagonist, Tom (John Kerr) redeems himself by becoming a published author of a tell-all memoir. Camp Quotables: "But there are bittersweet memories, and they can be pleasant." Laura (Deborah Kerr) "Years from now, when you talk about this--and you will--be kind." Laura (Deborah Kerr) |
| User ReviewMorgan MIt's great. It makes you think. If only people could make movies like this in today's hollywood. |
| User ReviewImani BAmazing. Beautifully directed. It's a shame the play had to be chopped up just to be accepted as a film project. |
| User ReviewMackenzie SVery well performed, except I didn't like the ending. |
| User ReviewChristopher BA very beautiful and touching portrayal of the interaction between an isolated boy and a neglected wife. A very well-written drama. |
