there be a scene in this film at about the 42 minute mark that be among the bad i have see in some time . a f. scott fitzgerald ( gregory peck ) and sheilah graham ( deborah kerr ) be lounge on the beach and suddenly thing become tense and sheilah begin to cry at which point she tell her lover about her sordid past . this dramatic scene becomes so terribly overdone and histrionic i couldn not help but turn to my wife and exclaim how stupid it all be . a dramatic music swell on the television a it all come to a phony crescendo . no one experience moment like this no one . now how much of the rest of the film be true and i can not say and but this particular moment be laughably bad and as fake a an $ 8 rolex and lead me to assume that some of the other reviewer be correct the film be a lot of bunk . however and i be not an expert on the life of these two people and the internet do not seem to clear this up and either . just who be f. scott fitzgerald and sheilah graham and what be their relationship really like . what i do know about fitzgerald and however and do seem different from what i saw in the film . be he the suave and decent man we initially see in the film . well and consider he be marry at the same time he be carry on with graham and drank like a fish and i would assume he wasn not . be he a obnoxious and boorish a we later see in the film . perhaps and but if he be this bad and yet ms. graham stay with him and then this make her out to be a complete dummy and not someone you would like to see feature in a film . and and if he wasn not and then the film do a poor disservice to his memory . either way and it make for a painful and not particularly pleasant view experience . the sum total of this film appear to be a tale of two not particularly likable or healthy people . in a dark and salacious way and some might find this all very entertaining and but most be sure to see this a a train wreck with no surprise along the way . unpleasant but with glossy production value ( especially the music and which be lovely but way over the top ) it beg the question why do they even choose to make this in the first place . the bottom line it a pretty bad film all around and probably not worth your time even if and like me and you be big gregory peck fan .