Rotten
Taylor's delineation of the lead role is off the mark.
Variety Staff, Variety
Boom!
Together they devour life
1968 · 1h 53m · Approved
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Joseph Losey
Overview
Secluding herself in an island mansion in the Mediterranean with her servants and nurses, the wealthy Flora "Sissy" Goforth prepares for her impending death -- and she isn't the only one who's waiting. Known for his attraction to the dying rich, poet Chris Flanders ingratiates himself with the wilting Sissy. Although her friend explains Flanders' "Angel of Death" nature to her, Sissy embraces the vulture-like Flanders.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
20%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It gets Burton and Taylor, comfortably matched, making nonsense of theme and relationships, and giving monotonously unsubtle performances (she screeches, he glooms).
Tom Milne, Time Out
Rotten
Those things that in the earlier versions of the work had been metaphorically stylized, have been made stunningly literal in Boom!
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
There are different kinds of bad movies. Some are simply wretchedly bad, like well, you know. Others are bad but fascinating and Boom! is one of these.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
This film makes it official: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor have given up acting for entertaining. Or rather, trying to.
TIME Magazine
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