Picnic

Name: Picnic
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1955-11-18
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 6.4

1955 · Movie · PG · 114 min · ★ 6.4 · 55% critics

DramaRomance

On Labor Day in a small Kansas town, a drifting outsider arrives hoping a wealthy old college friend can help him find work. As the community gears up for a big celebration, his presence stirs up long-simmering desires, jealousies, and doubts about love, status, and the paths everyone is expected to follow.

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Years: 1955
Release date: 1955-11-18
Language: English
Rated: PG
Runtime: 114 min
Critic score: 55/100
TMDB rating: 6.4/10 (111 votes)

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You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a nostalgic, small-town romance-drama where one newcomer disrupts everyone’s plans, with big emotions and a famous dance sequence; Not for you if you dislike dated, sometimes over-the-top storytelling like in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing.

Pros: vivid small-town atmosphere; simmering romantic tension; memorable festival moments | Cons: dated melodrama; uneven performances; sometimes corny dialogue