On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

1970

Action / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Romance

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 75% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 4600 4.6K

hypnosis musical

Plot summary

Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. But once she's under, her doctor finds out that she can regress into past lives and different personalities, and he finds himself falling in love with one of them.

Director

Vincente Minnelli Photo
Vincente Minnelli

Top cast

Elaine Giftos Photo
Elaine Giftos as Muriel
Roy Kinnear Photo
Roy Kinnear as Prince Regent
John Le Mesurier Photo
John Le Mesurier as Pelham
Jack Nicholson Photo
Jack Nicholson as Tad Pringle
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1.16 GB
1280*548
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 3
2.39 GB
1904*816
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Doylenf 5 / 10

Only marginally successful as play and film...

There are times in ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER where you know Vincente Minnelli had a firm hand on the proceedings and there are moments when BARBRA STREISAND does an outstanding job on the vocals. But there are just as many dull spots in the long-winded musical that is stronger when it's showing flashbacks to Victorian England than it is in getting us involved in the modern day story.Once again, Babs has the spotlight while the men around her are insufficiently used--men like YVES MONTAND (did he ever find a good role in an American film?), JACK NICHOLSON and JOHN RICHARDSON. She's adept at playing a girl who undergoes psychosis and reveals to her doctor (Montand) that she has another veddy British lady, Melinda, inside her, who has much more class than her modern personality. Naturally, the doctor falls in love with her other persona.The Broadway musical by Alan J. Lerner was never an overwhelming success and the movie fails to maintain steam once the basic plot is set in motion. It's a lush looking affair, especially the Victorian scenes with Streisand in some stunning Cecil Beaton outfits, but the overall effect is one of emptiness at the heart of the story.Summing up: No doubt Streisand's fans will probably welcome it with open arms as it does showcase her own brand of talent.
Reviewed by simplemansc6 7 / 10

Knock it off peeps!

Frankly, I think the discussion of this movie will never end. We don't know what director's cut was like...may have been better or worse. The release was just bad timing. and there was no appetite for this in the "movie going" public. It is a dinosaur.Streisand was at her best in this film. Montand wasn't awful, just miscast. I recently watched some of his other movie performances, and was left with a question about the appeal that folks had in him to begin with. The music/songs were only brought to life by Streisand....who else could have held your interest in the lyrics? If this had been released before "Hello Dolly" it would have been a hit. Instead, it made Streisand look like a "one-trick-pony".Director V.Minnelli was the right choice, in my opinion, and any adaption from stage to screen is always risky. Especially with a musical. No matter how you feel about this movie, try to imagine it without her. Who could pull it off? Your answers will thrill me. I think, all in all, it was just made at the wrong time. When I watch it now, I feel very nostalgic about the past. Yeah! It was cool to have your bedding match your nightgown!
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