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Great family movie
May 7 2012
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Friendly Persuasion is such a nice movie with Gary Cooper. The family are Quakers but Cooper has a little bit of devilment in him, you'll just love him.The pet goose Samantha is always up to her nonsense with the young boy. The civil war is drawing close and the men in the family are having difficulties deciding what to do as the Quakers don't believe in war.(Just imagine a world without war, wow)This was Tony Perkins first major role and he did very well, The mother was Dorothy McGuire. The acting,story,& scenery was all good and Coop was excellent as usual.So nice to see a movie that doesn't scream out at you with noise.But it is not boring, a really good movie.
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revisiting a classic
July 18 2004
Format:DVD
I'd seen this film once as a child since it is one of my mother's favorites and recently we obtained a copy. I'd only remembered the goose! Upon seeing it again, I can safely say this is a classic to be viewed numerous times. It never slides into mockery and presents the Quakers as a family struggling with temptations forbidden by their religion from dancing to violence. The trip to the fair is a wonderful example of this: Little Jess's adventure with gambling, Josh's friend Caleb wrestling and their fight with other spectators, the father, Jess, played wonderfully by Gary Cooper, squirrel shooting and singing with friend and racing competitor, Sam Jordan, and the daughter Mattie dancing with epitomy of non-Quakerness, a Methodist Union Officer.
The trip Josh takes with his father to Ohio and meets a widow and her three very single daughters is delightful. Anthony Perkins is fabulous as he tries to keep away from the girls who hardley ever seen men!
THings turn serious as the Civil War which was always somewhat distant (even with Gard, Mattie's suitor and Sam Jordan's son, coming home on furlough wounded in battle) finally comes to fore. Enoch, the hired hand and runaway slave, must leave to save himself from the Confederates and Josh must choose between his country and his religion. The war literally comes to their front porch as Eliza, the mother and minister, Mattie and Little Jess are left defenseless at home.
One of the best parts is the culmination of the courtship between Gard and Mattie where he asks her to marry him. What will they go through during and after the war as Mattie will have to reconcile the conflict between her religion and Gard's occupation and what will her family's reaction be? There's a sense that her father doesn't mind Gard and would welcome a marriage between Gard and his only daughter. She could honestly not do better. The man is the son of her father's friend and is highly trusted by the family.
The characters and stories are delightful and I've rewatched this film several times over and still find great things in it every time. Well worth owning.
This Is Cinema
Sep 4 2004
Format:DVD
There is something mysteriously good in a fine film. Friendly Persuasion, though in some regards modest, definitely rates the title of fine: it makes you reconsider slightly what a film is and who we are. Treating its own conventions by turns wryly and earnestly, it is a real fifties film, with life and gentle sparkle. Its great success resides in its being able to weave the serious and the not-so-serious into one, touching on some simple truths in the process. Wondrously cast, wonderfully scored, handsomely filmed: don't miss it.
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Published on Jan 2 2010 by Marion E. Norton
About Quakers By A Quaker
This is my favourite movie and I refer people to it often to explain the Quaker Distinctive of Non-Resistance (pacifism is something different). Read more
Published on Dec 18 2003 by "ynscyp1"
Great Flick!
I'm a 23 year old guy whom always loved older films. But this one is one of the best, a little bit of everything, Action, Comedy, and Drama. Read more
Published on Jun 16 2003
I LOVE the GOOSE!
Samantha is my favorite character! She must have a pretty good reputation for a goose. She thinks very lowly of little Jess! That goose should have a stars reputation! Read more
Published on Mar 4 2003
slow
Some funny moments, etc., but this movie was too slow. Granted it was made when people had longer attention spans. But a dated movie is a dated movie.
Published on Jan 1 2003
For Hollywood, Not Bad
There's been a lot of give and take on this movie, questioning how good it is at representing true Quakers, and rightfully so. Read more
Published on Aug 19 2002 by Jedidiah Palosaari
A Glimpse of Quaker Life
Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire play devoted Quaker parents. Their life revolves around their children, (including Anthony Perkins), their farm, and their religion. Read more
Published on Aug 13 2002 by Kona
An all time classic
I have been watching this movie on t.v. on and off for
the past 20 years. Everytime I have watched it I have
enjoyed it more and especially appreciated the... Read more
the past 20 years. Everytime I have watched it I have
enjoyed it more and especially appreciated the... Read more
Published on Jan 9 2002 by Paul G
How many times did I have to see it?
I saw this movie about 3 times before realizing how beautiful it was. It was kind of an arranged marriage, and mindless viewings of AMC, where I would slowly get sucked into it. Read more
Published on Nov 30 2001 by Mercy Bell
Beautiful story about pacifist Quaker family in Civil War
Gary Cooper shines as a Quaker alongside a resolute and opinionated Dorothy McGuire as his "congregation elder" wife. Read more
Published on July 31 2001 by Michael Mathena
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