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Peyton Place Reviews

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Allison MacKenzie looks back on life in the New England town where she grew up around the time of Pearl Harbour Read more

Starring	Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Diane Varsi
Director	Mark Robson
Genres	Drama

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Critic's review of Peyton Place
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- Well-made film of what was at the time a scandalous bestseller, one of the first to reveal those nasty secrets of 'ordinary people'.
- 34566
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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- - 3
  - 0
  THE PG VERSION OF BLUE VELVET
  
  This may be an old film but it's quite entertaining. It's set in the 40s but has the sheen of the 50s when it was actually made. Everything in Peyton ... read more »
  
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- 337415
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Phillysound
  - 5 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 10 Jun 2005 at 12:46
Most recent members' reviews of Peyton Place
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- - 1
  - 0
  SMALL TOWN FRUSTRATIONS.... still relevant?
  
  excellent portrayal of sexually repressed 1950s temperaments along with the extreme tensions and upsets of family relations and all attendant personal horrors ... read more »
  
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- - Miss Mouse
  - London, England
  - 28 Aug 2010 at 15:11
- - 1
  - 0
  Peyton Place
  
  I just wanted to watch this because it reminds me of my mother who was addicted to the television series. The story of small town scandals is obviously not as ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Borehamwood
  - 28 Sep 2009 at 16:20
- - 0
  - 1
  Guilty Pleasure
  
  A clunky score. An opening half hour of woeful exposition. Some phony unconvincing acting. A dreadfully exploitative treatment of child abuse. An inauthentic ... read more »
  
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- - SteveMason
  - 58 reviews
  - Nottingham
  - 20 Mar 2009 at 10:38
- - 0
  - 0
  Dated but thought-provoking film
  
  This is an interesting and well-made film that reminds us about the social taboos that ruled many people's lives until 50 or so years ago. It powerfully ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Innerleithen
  - 15 Nov 2008 at 16:03
- - 0
  - 0
  A lurid place
  
  Hugely successful soap opera caused a stir at the time of its release because of its racy storyline and the fact that its star Lana Turner was involved in a ... read more »
  
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- 510040
- - RJNeb2
  - 773 reviews
  - London
  - 07 Jan 2008 at 18:18
- - 3
  - 0
  THE PG VERSION OF BLUE VELVET
  
  This may be an old film but it's quite entertaining. It's set in the 40s but has the sheen of the 50s when it was actually made. Everything in Peyton ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 337415
- - Phillysound
  - 5 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 10 Jun 2005 at 12:46
- - 1
  - 0
  Soapy melodrama of the highest order
  
  Soapy, sudsy, complex melodrama of the highest order. Explores the dark and hidden side of a small town community (and ceonsequently small town America in ... read more »
  
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- - oztvc
  - 29 reviews
  - Whitstable
  - 11 May 2005 at 16:34
- - 1
  - 0
  Awesome!
  
  Peyton Place is essentially about a small town that is filled with people who are so worried about gossip, and scandal that they would rather hide their ... read more »
  
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- 101436
- - DM
  - UK
  - 10 May 2005 at 09:52
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- - 3
  - 0
  THE PG VERSION OF BLUE VELVET
  
  This may be an old film but it's quite entertaining. It's set in the 40s but has the sheen of the 50s when it was actually made. Everything in Peyton ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 337415
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Phillysound
  - 5 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 10 Jun 2005 at 12:46
- - 1
  - 0
  Awesome!
  
  Peyton Place is essentially about a small town that is filled with people who are so worried about gossip, and scandal that they would rather hide their ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 101436
- - DM
  - UK
  - 10 May 2005 at 09:52
- - 1
  - 0
  Soapy melodrama of the highest order
  
  Soapy, sudsy, complex melodrama of the highest order. Explores the dark and hidden side of a small town community (and ceonsequently small town America in ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 334246
- - oztvc
  - 29 reviews
  - Whitstable
  - 11 May 2005 at 16:34
- - 1
  - 0
  Peyton Place
  
  I just wanted to watch this because it reminds me of my mother who was addicted to the television series. The story of small town scandals is obviously not as ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 815506
- - a customer
  - Borehamwood
  - 28 Sep 2009 at 16:20
- - 1
  - 0
  SMALL TOWN FRUSTRATIONS.... still relevant?
  
  excellent portrayal of sexually repressed 1950s temperaments along with the extreme tensions and upsets of family relations and all attendant personal horrors ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 918761
- - Miss Mouse
  - London, England
  - 28 Aug 2010 at 15:11
- - 0
  - 0
  A lurid place
  
  Hugely successful soap opera caused a stir at the time of its release because of its racy storyline and the fact that its star Lana Turner was involved in a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 510040
- - RJNeb2
  - 773 reviews
  - London
  - 07 Jan 2008 at 18:18
- - 0
  - 0
  Dated but thought-provoking film
  
  This is an interesting and well-made film that reminds us about the social taboos that ruled many people's lives until 50 or so years ago. It powerfully ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 659311
- - a customer
  - Innerleithen
  - 15 Nov 2008 at 16:03
- - 0
  - 1
  Guilty Pleasure
  
  A clunky score. An opening half hour of woeful exposition. Some phony unconvincing acting. A dreadfully exploitative treatment of child abuse. An inauthentic ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 729529
- - SteveMason
  - 58 reviews
  - Nottingham
  - 20 Mar 2009 at 10:38

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