Best movie of this year hands down!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

'Marty' reminds me of the film 'The Catered Affair', which would come out the following year, and also star Ernest Borgnine. Both are quiet and understated, and highlight loneliness and disillusionment in very real ways. In 'Marty', Borgnine is a 34 year old unmarried butcher who still lives with his mother (Esther Minciotti). While she's part of the chorus around him which is critical of him still being single, which includes his customers and friends, they all have a part in trying to keep him that way when he meets a nice young woman (Betsy Blair). Borgnine is clearly a gentleman and a nice guy, but shows his frustration and angst in a couple of nice scenes. The film is especially touching in its moments of honesty, the most memorable for me being Blair explaining to Borgnine in the simplest, most authentic way, why she shied away from kissing him. There is such purity and grace in her character and performance. For anyone who has been lonely or wondered about ever finding someone, the film will likely strike a chord. It's simple on the surface but I liked it for its nuances. Director Delbert Mann and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky show us some of the destructive ways men behave towards women - looking at girlie magazines, reading unrealistic accounts of women's behavior in pulp fiction, and looking for 'sure things' on nights of revelry. It also shows us the tension between wanting to support one's parents in their old age by having them live under the same roof, but just how big of a strain that might be. Minicotti's performance as the mother is excellent, and we see how she understands this issue when it relates to her sister's situation, but then has difficulty applying it to her own. Lastly, the film has some nice street scenes, which underscore its realism. I don't see the film as worthy of four Oscars and four other nominations, it just doesn't seem to be in that category, but if you're looking for a quiet, touching film, this is a good one.

Marty 4 Out Of 5Marty is a character driven feature about a sinking middle-aged guy whose realization of its dull surrounding is the only missing piece of the puzzle. The protagonist is written with all the devotion there is to an art form, and the passion does pay off in its own subtle and mature form that may not be for everyone as it neither is loud nor glorifying but is sensible enough to dip the viewers in its sweet and salty after-day bubble. It may be short on technical aspects like background score, sound department and cinematography but is adequate in production and costume design along with its perfect editing. The writing is strong and pointy especially its procedure to build up the high pitched dramatic sequences that culminates each individual character's perspective and helps connect the viewers through such resonance with practicality. Paddy Chayefsky; the writer, has carried off a risky equation into an elaborated form of drama that is apt for the satire and amusing aspects of it. Despite of lacking the ability to match its witty script, Delbert Mann; the director, is still able to create the anticipated vision on screen through his execution skills. Ernest Borgnine has poured his soul on his role and is supported convincingly by the supporting actress Betsy Blair. Marty is a brimful of poignancy that helps makers punch the viewers to a cathartic release and also leave them hungry enough to think twice on it.

When my girlfriend asks me what I want to do I have a habit of saying, "I don't know Marty, what do you want to do." So I figured she should see the movie.It is, as she discovered, a wonderful film. It's small movie with an elegantly constructed script that focuses on the romance between two very un-glamorous, very nice people. You could tell the whole plot in a couple of sentences, but the film is wide and deep with its characters and nuances. It's both funny and touching, with wonderful performances throughout. It is a hopeful movie, but one that recognizes the difficulties of life (although yes, it does resolve things a little too simply). It is a movie everyone should see.

I'm not sure now what piqued my curiosity regarding this movie. I do like Ernest Borgnine, I've appreciated him in everything from war movies to silly comedy and not once did I get the feeling he was "acting". I didn't even know that Marty got an academy award for best picture until I came to IMDb to post a comment. So that is not the reason I chose this movie. I rented it from Netflix because the local movie stores don't stock these oldies. I think that says a lot about the academy voters. Lately, movies have to show awesome costumes and special effects to win best picture. This one had none of that and yet the academy saw the real story in this movie. Impressive.It moves a bit slow at times, I fear there will be few people under 30 who will appreciate this movie. It dealt with, no perhaps I should say, it demonstrated some issues that are still a part of society. Maybe in 1955 it was okay to portray Italian mothers as overbearing. I doubt anyone would make a movie like that today. And of course most Italian people have intermarried and their life is not quite the same as the ones depicted in this movie. But it sure made Italian mothers look bossy and controlling.Martys mother is frequently after him to get married. he is 34 and she thinks he should have four children already. He meets a girl he really identifies with and suddenly mama doesn't like her. She isn't "right" for her boy. Marty is a hard working decent guy throughout this whole movie. He has to sort some things out but in the end he does what I believe is best for him.The movie does a fair job of showing life in the 1950's Bronx. At least according to a couple friends who described it to me while in the army.This is a movie I'll watch again one day just because the acting and the message is so good.