AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Alistair Olson After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

SnoopyStyle It's early 20th century. Abel (Anthony Perkins) barely escapes political turmoil in Caracas, Venezuela in which his father, the Minister of War, was killed. He decides to seek the needed gold for revenge from the jungle. He is captured by natives and befriends the tribal chief. He is told not to enter a specific forest which he promptly does in search for gold. He catches a glimpse of a girl and the chief recalls the death of his beloved son at the hands of that girl. Abel is told to kill this daughter of Didi. When he returns to the forest, he is bitten by a coral snake and saved by Rima (Audrey Hepburn). She lives in the forest with her grandfather Nuflo (Lee J. Cobb).This is trying to be an epic romantic adventure. It purports to use real locations and that is appreciated. There are some big vistas and good exterior shooting. On the other, the studio interior filming does detract. The difference between real exterior locations and fake interior work is problematic. It takes all the positive and taints it. The acting is big theatrics especially from Audrey Hepburn. Abel is not necessarily an appealing character. There are problems with everybody in the way they're portrayed. If not for the great actors, this would be a bad watch.

andrejedi-1 I read the book and watched the movie and I must say the movie did more harm to the book than gaining it attention. What was original a gem of literature is turned into a cliché of white man saving, or trying to save, a natural paradise. It ended up a farce. Of course, Audrey was wonderful, as she always was. But the adaptation was so bad that the original message, of relationship between human kind and environment and the danger of the former on the latter, was totally lost. Of course, the beautiful description of the land in the book is nowhere to be found. I strongly advise those who are interested to go and read the book itself. Understandably, this film was made in 1959 but the script is really so horrible that even the presence of Audrey could not save it.

trescher I saw this film when I was 13 years old, and I still remember the steamy misty jungle and the almost magical lighting. I don't remember much of the plot, but the cinematography obviously made a lasting impression. I remember Audrey Hepburn as innocent and one with her surroundings. It was so enchanting, i just wanted to dive into the screen and live among all that beautiful greenery. The impact of the film was more visceral than intellectual, and, for me, it was very effective in creating a mood, a milieu and an ambiance. Although it's been almost half a century since I first saw this film, I still vividly remember those "green mansions". If the intent of the film was to tell a story or to showcase its stars, then it may have fallen short. But if it sought to transport its viewers into an enchanted green jungle, then my lasting recollections are a testament to its success.

movingpicturegal Pretty weird story about a man and his developing love story with a strange, nymph-like girl in a densely forested and canopy darkened South American jungle. Anthony Perkins plays the young man, in search for revenge and GOLD he heads by canoe into the jungle, abounding with snakes, leopards, and even worse - headhunters. Befriending (well, kind of anyway) one tribe he soon sets into a nearby forest, lush with ferns and fawns and waterfalls and loads of unusual birds, where he meets the beautiful and mysterious Rima (played by Audrey Hepburn) who rescues him after he is bitten by a snake. Rima is a strange little thing indeed, her slim self darting amongst the trees and greenery, she tends to the wild creatures and lives with a gruff old man, her grandfather. But Rima longs to know the truth of herself and where she comes from - Grandfather won't tell.This film is an unusual one indeed, but with beautiful, interesting and colorful scenery, a sweeping orchestral score, and my favorite actress, Audrey Hepburn, who looks especially lovely here - well, it's actually pretty good and held by interest in spite of the possibly less than ZERO chemistry between leading man and lady (it is really pretty hard to believe that this is a couple in love - when they kiss, um, talk about a lack of passion). All in all, though, a quite enjoyable film.