Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

clanciai The main interest of the film is its keen insight into the reality of alcoholism once it gets cured while the permanent risk of a relapse keeps hanging over you until it drops, which it doesn't always do, but it certainly does sometimes, like here, when the tenant of the Delaneys allows too much liberty to a playboy friend, which starts Burt Lancaster off into a terrible misdirection. The trigger was pulled, and the gun just went off.It's definitely Shirley Booth's film, but Burt is superb supporting her. She makes a pathetic wreck of a woman with a marriage on her hands that couldn't be avoided only because it went wrong from the beginning. Burt is not equally pathetic, after all, he took his responsibility and married her and stayed faithful, but it's a pathetic tragedy of an aborted marriage nonetheless, but they make the best of it and actually succeed.The other actors all play in the shadow of this relationship, which is gloriously documented and dissected indeed. The lost youth, the failed motherhood, the AA obligations, the bottle in the cupboard, that must not be touched... It's a wonderful chamber play totally indoors and void of all glamour and Hollywood tinsel but perfectly real - and tremendously exciting, because you are all the time afraid of what will happen, the sleeping volcano of Burt Lancaster erupts in every film, and so it happens. That's because every film of his is worth seeing and more than once.

HotToastyRag Come Back, Little Sheba is one of the finest old movies ever made. It's not an epic or resplendent in Technicolor, but it's such a fantastic representative of a 1950s classic in every element-and it's stood the test of time amazingly well. Based on William Inge's Broadway play, Ketti Frings adapted the script for the screen, and although it's clear it used to be a play, the lines aren't wooden, artificial, or boring like many play adaptations are. The acting, like the script, is clearly stylized and old-fashioned, but at the same time it's realistic and heartbreaking to the most modern audiences. Shirley Booth played the lead on Broadway, won a Tony, then starred in the film and won an Oscar-not bad for her film debut! If you don't know who she is, or you only associate her with the tv series Hazel, you need to watch Come Back, Little Sheba so you can appreciate her true talent. Every time I see her in a movie, she brings tears to my eyes. She's instantly sympathetic, and you can see all the pain and hope in her eyes during every moment.Burt Lancaster, only thirty-eight years old at the time, plays Shirley's husband. Hollywood aged him up for the role rather than cast an older actor-and there were several vying for the part-and it's easy to see why they made that choice. This is one of his best performances, rivaled only by Birdman of Alcatraz, and the Academy snubbed him terribly during the awards season. When you watch this tortured, heartbreaking performance, you'll feel sick that he wasn't even nominated for an Oscar that year.Now for the plot: Shirley and Burt play an older, unhappy, married couple. Burt is recently sober, and Shirley is recently distraught that their beloved dog Sheba has run away. While they struggle through, a young college girl rents a room in their house, attracting different attentions from each. There's much more to the story, but I'd rather describe the skeleton and let the rest unfold for you as the film plays. It's a very emotional experience, and I can't recommend this classic highly enough.

JLRMovieReviews Shirley Booth (of "Hazel" fame) and Burt Lancaster are married, but don't really communicate in "Come Back, Little Sheba." The film opens on Shirley who gets out of bed and moves about with no motivation to do anything, to dress, to clean. She has a likable disposition, but she doesn't have much drive. Her husband is a chiropractor, who never finished his medical schooling as a doctor, for reasons that are shown to us slowly throughout the film. Little Sheba is a dog they had that ran away and that Shirley has been praying will return. Burt Lancaster is excellent as the husband who just goes through the motions day by day without feeling. Terry Moore is a boarder who they take in for more income, of whom Burt takes a liking to. And, also, he is an alcoholic who has been sober for years and whose world will soon shatter. But this is Shirley Booth's picture, as she breaks your heart. She is both pitiful yet strong in conjuring up the depths of depression. Shirley deservedly won an Oscar for this film. What secrets are behind this façade? Will she come out of her delusions? This film is definitely worth your time. Please look for "Come Back, Little Sheba." It's an experience you won't forget.

Dalbert Pringle If nothing else - I think that this stark, sad, and very despairing drama (that touches on such subject matter as - alcoholism, bad marriages, loneliness, and youthful lust) is well-worth a view since it gives the spectator a very clear idea of the distinctive and dynamic acting-styles of the early-1950s.In particular - This 1952 film (which was adapted from a stage play of the same name) seems to exemplify that era of movie-making quite commendably as it attempts to faithfully portray "realism" without the usual Hollywood fluff & glamour thrown into the mix.Yes. This film contains its fair share of both terrific, as well as terrible moments - But, in the long run, I'd say that it hit its intended mark more often than it missed.54 years old at the time, actress Shirley Booth was, to me, quite believable in her part as Lola Delaney, the gabby, frumpy, lonely wife of Doc Delaney, a secretly resentful, recovering alcoholic.This would be Booth's first film as an actress (though she had performed on stage for many years prior). For her in-depth portrayal as Lola, she won an Oscar for "Best Actress".