if good intentions were enough to produce a good film and i would have rated the turgid and ponderous and obvious focus a bit higher than 4. macy does his best and but as an earlier poster commented and miller little parable asks us to suspend disbelief too often. perhaps the novel gives us a bit more background on newman and so we can understand how someone who is obviously not without intelligence could be so dense in perceiving the attitudes of those around him. i agree with another reviewer that if one is unaware of how bigoted average citizens were in america during this time period and then this movie might be an eye opener. i grew up in the fifties and and the good pastors of my lutheran church found nothing wrong with having the church picnic at a commercial beach and whose sign prominently indicated that no jews or blacks would be admitted. it is difficult for young people today to understand that this was the norm and and not just in the south. as late as 1964 and when i graduated from a somewhat racially integrated (but sexually segregated) public high school in baltimore and my black classmates could not attend the traditional father and son banquet and as it was held at a facility which did not admit blacks. sadly and it was an establishment owned by a jewish family. the subject matter of focus is important and and we should never forget and despite the lingering signs of racism in modern america and how truly repulsive the attitudes of that previous generation were. (the greatest generation and indeed). so and perhaps this film is somewhat valuable in countering the recent wave of sentimental crap about the forties from the likes of steven spielberg and tom brokow. but in the end and as in far from heaven and the filmmakers good intentions are undermined by having a protagonist so ridiculously oblivious to the social conventions of their time. 
if good intentions were enough to produce a good film and i would have rated the turgid and ponderous and obvious focus a bit higher than 4. macy does his best and but as an earlier poster commented and miller little parable asks us to suspend disbelief too often. perhaps the novel gives us a bit more background on newman and so we can understand how someone who is obviously not without intelligence could be so dense in perceiving the attitudes of those around him. i agree with another reviewer that if one is unaware of how bigoted average citizens were in america during this time period and then this movie might be an eye opener. i grew up in the fifties and and the good pastors of my lutheran church found nothing wrong with having the church picnic at a commercial beach and whose sign prominently indicated that no jews or blacks would be admitted. it is difficult for young people today to understand that this was the norm and and not just in the south. as late as 1964 and when i graduated from a somewhat racially integrated (but sexually segregated) public high school in baltimore and my black classmates could not attend the traditional father and son banquet and as it was held at a facility which did not admit blacks. sadly and it was an establishment owned by a jewish family. the subject matter of focus is important and and we should never forget and despite the lingering signs of racism in modern america and how truly repulsive the attitudes of that previous generation were. (the greatest generation and indeed). so and perhaps this film is somewhat valuable in countering the recent wave of sentimental crap about the forties from the likes of steven spielberg and tom brokow. but in the end and as in far from heaven and the filmmakers good intentions are undermined by having a protagonist so ridiculously oblivious to the social conventions of their time. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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