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Marty — It's the love story of an unsung hero!
1955 7.5 10.3K NR views saved
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Marty

1955 7.5 10.3K NR views saved
Marty

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. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.

Countries: US
Languages: English
Content Rating: NR
Runtime: 1hrs 30min
Status: Released
Release date: 1955-04-11
Release format: Streaming — Feb 03, 2003
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Alexandra E
@tgrbabydoll 3 years ago

This won 4 Academy Awards in 1955 including Best Picture and Best Leading Actor. It is one of those rare films where Hollywood decided to look at the average rather than look for what they thought was sexy, alluring, pushing the envelope when Playboy magazine was becoming an entire empire and industry. it's also at a time when smart women were starting to be vilified and sexy, evil or dumb, and the leading female role is educated. thoughtful and working (as a teacher, it's still the 1950s).

It's short compared to movies of today, but it's heart warming. Ernest Borgnine is phenomenal and his career was launched with this movie.

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Alexandra E
@tgrbabydoll 3 years ago

This won 4 Academy Awards in 1955 including Best Picture and Best Leading Actor. It is one of those rare films where Hollywood decided to look at the average rather than look for what they thought was sexy, alluring, pushing the envelope when Playboy magazine was becoming an entire empire and industry. it's also at a time when smart women were starting to be vilified and sexy, evil or dumb, and the leading female role is educated. thoughtful and working (as a teacher, it's still the 1950s).

It's short compared to movies of today, but it's heart warming. Ernest Borgnine is phenomenal and his career was launched with this movie.

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FauxLiege
@fauxliege 10 years ago

Good movie about average Joe meets average Jane.

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@gunsgirl 5 years ago

I loved this movie. It was sweet and all too realistic. Being of Italian decent, the sisters reminded me of home...... classic. Loved Ernest Borgnine playing the sweet and sensitive Marty. A love story that is well deserved.... a great watch! On my favourites list!

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Neal Mahoney
@nmahoney416 7 years ago

This is a nice movie about your average Joe meeting a nice lady. Ernest Borgnine gave a really great performance. There is a lot of subtle things he does to really make this feel real.

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Tony Bates
@soonertbone 1 year ago

Nice screenplay at times, mostly when it focuses on Marty and his attempts at awkward courtship. It falters when it expands to focus on his family dynamics, primarily because I don't feel that they contributed anything to our understanding of Marty himself. There might've been something to be said about family enmeshment (to use the modern term), but instead we just get a-lotta Italian nonsense.

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