So limp is Monty Clift's vacillating schoolteacher that the actor somehow finds himself overshadowed by the questionable acting skills of Liz Taylor as his mentally unstable wife in MGM's glossy, misguided attempt to outdo Gone with the Wind. Over almost three hours - and at the expense of a number of potentially interesting situations - Millard Kaufman and Ron Lockridge's lacklustre screenplay slavishly strives to bring Clift together with the love interest with whom, from their very first scene together, it's clear he's meant to be, while adding little substance to any of the film's characters. Lee Marvin and his heroic red moustache provide some temporary relief from the boredom, but even he can do little to salvage this unwieldy creation.
Review of Raintree County
