Ripe campy melodrama which I enjoyed a lot. There's actually not a lot of story when you think about it - Elizabeth Taylor saw a Bad Thing Happen and is affected by it - and that is spun out for a decent running time. But it works because the three leads are all film stars having a high old time. Kate Hepburn and Liz acted their arses off, chewing the scenery, Monty Clift does dogged decency well (the accident adds to his character).
I think Gore Vidal did a very good script of Tennessee Williams' play... long scenes, literate, funny. Mankiewicz lets the action breathe.
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