It works wonders when beautiful verses are weaved in with plots, especially as motifs. It struck you time and time again and made an ever so strong echo in your mind and heart.
William Wordsworth is probably my favorite poet in the English literature. I love his "I Wondered Lonely". The lines where the title of this movie comes from are also impressively beautiful, making the movie as poignant as possible.
Natalie Wood is so convincing as the tormented, love-sick young girl brought up to be good. And the debut of Warren Beatty is quite successful.
Natalie's portrait of madness is not over the top, thank goodness.
The movie ends on a good note, maybe still too good to be true. People sent to a mental institute do no usually turn out that normal due to the medical conditions at that time. Still, it's Hollywood and it got to end that way.
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