So this is my second Minnelli movie in two nights. Like The Bad and the Beautiful, Some Came Running is a beautifully shot film which climaxes in a carnival scene brimming with colors and lights. Minnelli color codes the whole movie creating a surreal painting of pastels. As lush as the movie's visuals are, I had some concerns with the script and story. Frank Sinatra plays Dave Hirsh, a writer and a military man, who returns to his home town drunk on a bus. He reunites with his brother and makes some new friends and acquaintances. Providing a further synopsis would be difficult, because at times it is hard to understand what Some Came Running is really about. There doesn't appear to be much of a character arc or any real conflict. Things just seem to indiscriminately happen to the characters. At 137 minutes, the movie is long too. I went with Naomi who said she was just waiting (hoping) for it to end and that she thought it was going to wrap up at multiple times. Some Came Running is a flawed but gorgeously shot film that may be worth seeing just for the colorful finale.
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