Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

bpmcleod Anachronisms abound."Inside Daisy Clover" started to lose me with its opening shot of a 15-year-old girl, played by an obviously 26-or-so Natalie Wood. Set in the mid-1930's, Daisy looks and behaves like a proto-hippie of the 'mid-60's.Depictions of the radio and recording industries of the 1930's more closely resemble the advent of rock & roll radio in the late 50's. And don't even get me started about the 45 RPM (the 7" discs with the large hole) records shown in the movie, despite the fact that they first appeared in 1949.Melodrama abounds, too. An LGBT theme is handled poorly (much to a young Robert Redford's chagrin). Poor Redford (who did his best), Ruth Gordon (in a small, under-appreciated role), and cinematographer Charles Lang (glorious photography), whose best efforts were wasted.Though Ms. Wood was an attractive and talented actress, her being a dozen years older than her character pushed me beyond the boundaries of "suspension of disbelief". Actresses who would have been an appropriate age, and who would have portrayed Daisy more believably, include Mia Farrow (age 20 in 1965), Teri Garr (18), Patty Duke (18), Kim Darby (18), or any number of other young, working actresses who could have played a believable teenager.I watched this entire movie, but only because I felt I had to, once.

tieman64 Though director Robert Mulligan and actress Natalie Wood did fine work together on "Love With The Proper Stranger", their follow up picture, "Inside Daisy Clover", is a near total disaster.Set in the mid-1930s, the film centres on Daisy Clover (Wood), a teenage tomboy who hopes to escape a life of poverty by singing her way to Hollywood stardom. She gets her wish, of course, but also more than she bargained for. Cue much tragedy.Aesthetically plain, stiff and packed with clichés, "Clover" is notable for featuring a young Robert Redford. Redford and Wood would do good work together in "This Property Is Condemened" one year later. They would also team up again for "The Candidate". Their work here, in contrast, is almost unwatchable; Wood's far too old and far too beautiful for her role, her part requiring an awkward teenager.Some claim "Inside Daisy Clover" is a thinly veiled account of the life of Judy Garlan. Garlan, like Wood's character, was bullied by studio bosses, remade over, attempted suicide and checked into a mental health clinic. "Clover" also details the way Hollywood studios once militantly managed the lives and images of major stars, even going so far as to arrange marriages, insist upon abortions or cover up sexual orientations. This should all be fascinating material, but Mulligan's direction is poor throughout.4/10 – For Wood fans only.

Neil Doyle I kept hoping that INSIDE DAISY CLOVER would get over the clumsy opening scenes and turn into an interesting story about Hollywood's past. But nothing about the film even suggests that it's taking place in the 1930s--it's all strictly a product of the '60s. I understand Natalie Wood was unsatisfied with the final product--easy to see why. On paper, it may have looked like a good idea but something went very much amiss.It's phony from start to finish with Natalie Wood pretending to be the awkward ragamuffin whose recording of a single song turns her into a Hollywood superstar who finds out that Tinseltown is really a nightmare for her sensitive "inside." Her singing (dubbed) is so lacking in anything suggesting a studio mogul would want to summon her for an audition, let alone an interview.Christopher Plummer is unbelievably caddish in the kind of role he ought to want to forget more than he does the captain in THE SOUND OF MUSIC. A good thing his career resume shows he survived after appearing in this abysmal mess. I hoped that Ruth Gordon would give some class to the project, but it's strictly a by-the-numbers performance that even she can't breathe any life into. Robert Redford has a meaningless role as the gay man Daisy loves and Roddy McDowall is simply acting pretty much like himself.The script has as much depth as tissue paper. None of the characters are likable or believable enough to sustain the weight of a dreary script. By all means, avoid this one if you can.

marbleann I haven't seen this movie in years. So I got it streamed through Netfix. I want say I remember it was not suppose to be a good movie when it came out. I saw it with my parents and all I could remember is the songs and Natalie Wood. On second viewing I find this film was very underrated. Natalie Wood actually pulls off being a 15 year old. I think because she is only 4"9' and is very petite. She announces to her mother, Ruth Gordon, she can sing and she goes for a audition and they like her. Ruth GOrdon is at her eccentric best. But it is sad what happens when Daisy's near to do well sister takes things in her own hands. Since Daisy is a minor. Christopher Plummer is excellent as the merciless studio head. When Daisy has a emotional breakdown, Plummer makes no qualms about her position with him, even though she had been carry on a affair with him. He asks the doctor if she can go to work and if she cannot go to work make her certifiable so I can get the money from insurance. He goes on to tell he she is there to make him money, not the opposite and promptly fires her nurse.. It was a great scene. It is a a more really about making movies more then about Daisy Clover, and the stars She is just the device they use. Robert Redford is some Errol FLynn type and sweeps the 16 year old Daisy off her feet. One would have to be blind not to see a train wreck coming. But he tells her things he knows she wants to hear and he even pays attention to her grandmother. All I have to say when she marries him , look up what happened to Jean Harlow on her wedding night to Paul Bern. Not quite as deadly but... you get the idea. I think Daisy is a variety of characters but mostly Judy Garland with a little Deanna Durbin, evident by the end and how Miss Durbin left Hollywood at a very young age. All in all I liked the movie. Wood is great and she looks like she is having a great time. Plummer should of gotten a Oscar for his role or at least nominated. Ruth Gordon was good but her roles diminishes greatly after Daisy became famous. And Redford is great playing the louse. Gee they still haven't figured out how to get rid of those bumps on his cheek. lol. .