Cliff Robertson,
Claire Bloom,
Leon Janney,
Lilia Skala,
Dick Van Patten
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In 1961, Cliff Robertson starred in The Two Worlds of Charley Gordon, a TV adaptation of Daniel Keyes' story Flowers for Algernon. Determined not to lose out on the film version of this play as he'd d... read more
DVD Release Date: March 8, 2005
Stats: 179 reviews
I enjoyed the book Flowers for Algernon when I read it in grade school, but seeing it on the screen was a disappointing experience. They changed things for the worse, and the actors were bad, and they had some weird psychedelic stuff in there. I wouldn't recommend seeing this m... read more
REALLY corny, but sweet. And a neat look at what it would be like to go from retarded to a genus, and then have to give it all up and become even more retarded.
I had to read this book in school and then I think we watched the remake. This original is very good too, though more psychedelic.
The book was a great read, but the movie version has some questionable editing, camera work, and sequences that make it look like a bad sceiene experiement gone wrong. Cliff Robertson is deserving of his Best Actor Oscar, but the the film doesn't really have any emotional pull or... read more
Heartbreaking film about mental slowness artificially sped up and the consequences that follow. Superb performance by Cliff Robertson as Charly.
Completely fell apart after that bizarre psychedelic scene--you know what I'm talking about if you've seen it.
A very sad and deeply moving that is based upon the short story and book titled "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. It is a csience fiction story about a mentally inept person having a operation that makes him a genius but then the story takes a tragic turn. Worth watching a... read more
I saw this as a kid & fell in love with CRobertson. Based on the book, FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON. A weeper.
After being a huge fan of the original novel Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keys, I was left a little disappointed by this adaptation. Cliff Robertson gives one terrific performance that deserved every bit of that Oscar. It was wonderful to watch his transformation throughout the... read more
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As the story of a personality in crisis, it works. Full Review
The film's main problem is that director Ralph Nelson virtually ignores the philosophical elements of the story and emphasizes its most maudlin aspects, while throwing in a little sci-fi, romance, and... Full Review
Cliff Robertson was rewarded with an Oscar for repeating his TV role, that of a mentally retarded man, and for paying with his own money for the screen adaptation of the popular novel, directed in a p... Full Review
This moving film is the crowning achievement of Cliff Robertson's career. Full Review
...the fact that the majority of Charly feels utterly superfluous. Full Review
another example of a memorable book which ends up diluted by the lesser talents of screenwriters Full Review
Well-acted drama about a retarded man who is turned into a genius in a scientific experiment and then regresses to his original state again. Full Review
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