While watching "Inside Daisy Clover" I occasionally had to remind myself that the titular character is 15, and the movie is set in the mid 1930's. And that is a major problem. Its the director's job to take the viewer to a time & place, and director Robert Mulligan gives us a movie that at times could be set in the 50's or 60's. Another failure is casting Natalie Wood. While she's beautiful & talented, I just don't buy her as a 15 year old.
The rest of the cast does their best with the rather cliched material, Robert Redford plays Daisy''s love interest, an uber charming, poetry spouting fellow actor (who we find out also likes boys) that abandons Daisy on their honeymoon. Theres also Christopher Plummer as the suave, ruthless, studio boss who signs Daisy to a 5 year contract.
As you might guess, Daisy can't handle her sudden fame and melts down trying to dub vocals for a song about the Circus. (oooh symbolism) one of the final scenes has Daisy trying to off herself by doing the head in the oven bit, only to be constantly interrupted., which I'm sure was intended as dark comedy, but just ends being tedious, and missing the mark. Much like the movie.
The rest of the cast does their best with the rather cliched material, Robert Redford plays Daisy''s love interest, an uber charming, poetry spouting fellow actor (who we find out also likes boys) that abandons Daisy on their honeymoon. Theres also Christopher Plummer as the suave, ruthless, studio boss who signs Daisy to a 5 year contract.
As you might guess, Daisy can't handle her sudden fame and melts down trying to dub vocals for a song about the Circus. (oooh symbolism) one of the final scenes has Daisy trying to off herself by doing the head in the oven bit, only to be constantly interrupted., which I'm sure was intended as dark comedy, but just ends being tedious, and missing the mark. Much like the movie.