Our Town1940
Our Town (1940)
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Cast
as Geogre Gibbs
as Emily Webb
as Mrs. Webb
as Mr. Webb
as Mr. Morgan, the narrator
as Mrs. Gibbs
as Dr. Gibbs
as Howie Newsome
as Simon Stinson
as Mrs. Soames
as Rebecca Gibbs
as Wally Webb
as Prof. Willet
as The Constable
as Joe Crowell
as Si Crowell
as Wedding Guest
as Reverend
Critic Reviews for Our Town
All Critics (7) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)
Our Town is the dramatic mother lode. Indisputably, this is a great motion picture.
Dated, yes. But it still catches in the throat. Nostalgic, loving, happy, sad.
Sam Wood's film version is as experimental and stylized as Thornton Wilder's play, one of the most enduring but also misunderstood plays in American history.
Pretty good, but did Wilder know Wood screwed up the ending?
today it seems quite dated in its theatrical clunkiness
Audience Reviews for Our Town
In these days of "Make America Great Again" it's eye-opening to reflect that in 1940 Thornton Wilder won a Pulitzer ruminating on exactly the same premise (perhaps proving that society will always imagine that it's best days are behind it while incapable to see ahead). The good ol' days dwelt on herein are the turn-of-the-last-century. What's good about that, you may ask? Well, for one, a dog could sleep in the middle of Main Street all day and not be disturbed, the film suggests. An all star cast of character actors fill in the slots of homey, homespun, saccharine goodness while William Holden does his best shy and awkward.
Super Reviewer
Our Town is one of the best plays that I have seen executed on stage. Evidently, we weren't ready for a good screen adaptation in 1940. Despite the best efforts by William Holden, Thornton Wilder's original vision is lost.
Super Reviewer
What a sentimental, sappy, silly movie. You understand the ideas they're trying to convey almost half way through, but they keep beating you over the head with them anyway. This movie got on my nerves.
Super Reviewer
Our Town Quotes
| Emily Webb: | (sighs) Oh momma, you never tell us the truth about anything. |
| Emily Webb: | (to her mom) Am I pretty enough to get anybody? |
| Mrs. Webb: | answers: You're pretty enough for all normal purposes. |
| Mr. Morgan the narrator: | The day (in the town) is winding down like a tired clock. |
| Emily Webb: | I'm going to make speeches all my life. |
| Mrs. Webb: | Seriously, not serious. |
| Emily Webb: | Momma, am I good looking? |
| Mrs. Webb: | answers: Course you are. |
| Mr. Morgan the narrator: | In our town, we like to know the facts about everybody. |