this be the kind of epic that make you realize how wonderful go with the wind be by comparison . dull character be defeat by a dull script . it good than take a tranquilizer to put you to sleep . a long and lumbering and disorganized tale that take so long in get to the heart of the story that it very likely you will tune out before the story begin . nothing help . not the costume and the scenery and the pallid performances the wooden behavior of montgomery clift the syrupy southern accent affect by elizabeth taylor the pale performance of eva marie saint . only nigel patrick and rod taylor bring what little life the story have to realization . they all seem to be try but nothing work and it remain strangely uninvolving . taylor role be so bury in whatever torment she suppose to feel with regard to her past and that it become annoyingly clear that be never go to know the truth about her character until the very end of the story . and that end take an excessively long time in come without provide enough interesting plot idea to keep one interested or even care about the fate of these colorless character . an awful bore so bad that the only compliment i can give the film be it rich musical score by johnny green and the title tune which be sing by nat king cole with an attractive choral arrangement a backup . sadly and it can not compensate for the film many drawback . a total waste of time and talent . montgomery clift accident may have contribute to his lifeless performance but his role and a write and be no help and his character be an insufferable bore . miss taylor be no scarlett ohara and eva marie saint make no impression whatsoever .