The Subject Was Roses
The Subject Was Roses

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- 70/100 based on 1,741 votes
  • Released: 1968
  • Runtime: 107 mins
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  • Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Genres: Drama

When Timmy Cleary (Sheen), comes home from soldiering, he's greeted by the open but strained arms of his two parents, John and Nettie, (Neal and Albertson). Once considered sickly and weak, he has now distinguished himself in the service and is ready to begin a new life. His parents, however, are still trapped in the bygone days of early and unresolved marital strife and begin emotionally deteriorating through several drama packed encounters. Now mature, the young Tim Cleary ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Subject Was Roses:

Jack Albertson
Patricia Neal
Martin Sheen
Don Saxon
Elaine Williams
Grant Gordon

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When Timmy Cleary (Sheen), comes home from soldiering, he's greeted by the open but strained arms of his two parents, John and Nettie, (Neal and Albertson). Once considered sickly and weak, he has now distinguished himself in the service and is ready to begin a new life. His parents, however, are still trapped in the bygone days of early and unresolved marital strife and begin emotionally deteriorating through several drama packed encounters. Now mature, the young Tim Cleary finally understands the family dynamics that has played all throughout his boyhood. By the simple act of bringing his mother roses on behalf of his father, Tim realizes he may have destroyed his family, but is helpless to obtain resolution which must come from both his parents.

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Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers - 8/10 by Steve CrumFine drama featuring Patricia Neal and Jack Albertson, based on stage play.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 8/10 by Dennis SchwartzThe "kitchen sink" drama was largely effective because of the superb acting and dialogue.
EmanuelLevy.Com - 7/10 by Emanuel LevyUlu Grosabrd's theatrical film, based on Pulitzer Prize winning play, is an intense family melodrama, well acted by Patricia Neal and Jack Albertson as the feuding parents and Martin Sheen as their Viet vet son.
User Review - 8/10 by Ice RAlbertson and Neal are incredible in this movie.
User Review - 8/10 by James HThis is a very emotional movie! Its about two parents who have grown into two bitter old people. Martin Sheen plays the son that was torn between both of their problems. He finds out that neither are who he thought they were growing up.
User Review - 8/10 by Ronni MEmotionally-gripping & dramatically-weighty account of the tragically-disfunctional situation an ex-GI (Martin Sheen) encounters upon returning to his childhood home. His parents (Jack Albertson & Patricia Neal-) are still in the throes of an extremely unhappy marriage, & he inexorably gets drawn in to their sadly-unfulfilling & miserable life. Powerhouse performances all around, with Albertson (In an Oscar-winning job-) memorably superb as the demanding and domineering father.
User Review - 8/10 by Carley EJust watched the last half of THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES. What a great play... with stellar performances from Jack Albertson, Patricia Neal and a young Martin Sheen.
User Review - 8/10 by M SA powerful adaptation of Frank D. Gilroy's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. This guy knows how to write. The acting was also great. They don't make em like this anymore. Dialogue driven. No fun at all, but right to the bone for two hours straight.
User Review - 6/10 by Jonathan ISPOILER ALERT: Whatever happened to Timmy's curtains? Timmy's mother Nettie didn't leave for the day because they argued about his father (as she later-deliberately?- tells him) but because Timmy was unsympathetic towards the disabled Willard. Why was this discrepancy not resolved? What a homecoming for Timothy! What keeps these people even connected? None of these people wins our sympathy. For this reason film often hard to stay with. Very literary. Very little relief. Sometimes inconsistent. Old-fashioned, maybe because characters are from another era (even though their likes are still around no doubt!). Playwright no Tennessee Williams! He could have included Nettie's mother and Willard as characters and cut out some of the intense dialogue. Probably autobiographical.
User Review - 6/10 by Sheryl ZIf those were my parents, I would never go home.

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