Rating of
3.5/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 02/23/16
The little movie that could. In a decade marked by bible epics, historical dramas, film noir, and Hitchcockian thrillers, who would have thought that by the middle of the 1950s, that a sweet love story starring Ernest Borgnine as the romantic lead would wind up winning Best Picture? Marty is a gentle butcher who meets a nice girl at a dance hall and reaches a connection with her because they've both been stood up, have big dreams, and suffer from social awkwardness. It's a short feature, only 90 minutes, and moves at a good pace. It's easy to root for Marty because he's written as the underdog but it becomes engaging because Ernest Borgnine is so likable as Marty.
