Marty
It's the love story of an unsung hero!
It's the love story of an unsung hero!
Drama, Romance
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1955
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Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother, is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward, he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. He then meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher. Realising their emotional connection, Marty promises to call, but family and friends try to convince him not to.
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Runtime:
90 min
Release date:
11 Apr 1955
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$343,000
Revenue:
$3,000,000
Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. 19 wins & 6 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It's a warm, human, sometimes sentimental and an enjoyable experience.
– Ronald Holloway,
Variety,
19 Feb 2008
fresh:
Paddy Chayevsky's script, adapted from his own TV play, shows his flair for dialogue at its best, and the film manages to be touching, if minor.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
12 Dec 2006
fresh:
It does have doggy charm and a certain perceptiveness.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
A warm and winning film, full of the sort of candid comment on plain, drab people that seldom reaches the screen.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Ernest Borgnine as Marty lives up to all the promise he showed as the sadist in From Here to Eternity, and at the same time brilliantly shatters the type-cast he molded for himself in that picture.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
18 Feb 2009