Valley of Decision, the

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Product Details

Director : Tay Garnett
Actor : Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore, Preston Foster
Format : NTSC
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 9786303120478
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 1994-07-20
Studio : MGM, (Warner)
UPC : 027616463234

ASIN : 6303120474

Customer Reviews

Pipe Down, I'm Taking A Nap! (2002-09-20)

Ladies, Ladies, PLEASE!! Please stop this bickering. My fellow reviewer, "Shadow Lady" (see below), is about ready to explode a gasket with her disdain and contempt for the lovely Miss Garson. "Shadow" paints much too bleek a picture while her lowly peer, Little Miss Proper ("Princess Incognita") has sugar coated Greer's character into a sticky little marshmellow of misinformation. The definitive opinion (my own, of course) is the important one, and is somewhere in between.

First of all, this movie has a disturbing pagan slant that could be quite offensive to devout religious types like myself. Surprisingly frequent references to "witchhunting" and the Dark Ages. Basic storyline: A steel tycoon's son (Gregory the "impeccable peckerhead" Peck) loves the family maid who just happens to be an Irish steelworker's daughter! And WOW, the setting is even "Victorian" Pittsburgh, PA in the late 1800's!

Ranting and raving is the predominant rule of thumb as Greer's Daddy (a crusty old codger clucking away in his wheel chair) throws one hissy fit after another. "I'm reachin' into high heaven to put the curse on this marriage" (it's a bit complicated, but he's madder than a hornet's nest that the steel workers' demand of a 5 cent per hour raise has fallen upon deaf ears)! Peck's rich and reasonable father seems hellbent on resolving the conflict until one day (in a peculiar and nutty twist) he is gunned down in broad daylight. All he said was, "We Scotts cannot live without belching chimney's anymore than you can." For crying out loud. His subsequent and imminent demise was quite unexpected, I must say.

The film alternates between a hopelessly naive romance and nasty hillbilly feuding. An occasional dose of sharp dialogue is overshadowed by the cantankerous. Or as one hapless victim proclaimed, "For once in your life, will you just keep your mouth shut!" Oh shucks, another predictable cliche! Why, there's even the occasional "shuffling Negro" ("That's right, Sir!") which may be a bit perturbing to some. Fortunately, the first half of this film has its moments of brilliance but it flickers, and then eventually fades.

From book to movie.... Garson portrayal is perfect! (2000-10-16)

Contrary to what one reviewer thought, Greer Garson played the character to perfection. She was every bit the character that Davenport created in her book, on which this film is based. And "annoying, uppity and full of herself" is exactly the opposite of the role that Garson portrays. See the movie and you'll see. As for chemistry in the film...it's beautiful. I couldn't imagine any other leads other than Peck and Garson. I totally recommend the book too! After you see the movie, you'll want to see what happens next. And so much more happens!

SOMEBODY SLAP THIS GARSON CHICK! (2000-08-02)

There is no chemistry to speak of between Garson and Peck in this boring, snoozefest of a movie. The idea of them being in love is absurd and they should never have been cast together romantically. What was Hollywood thinking? Every character is a walking cliche and the plot is entirely predictable. Predictability can be good, but in this case it's just another reason to dislike it strongly. Garson's character is annoying, uppity and full of herself (what a stretch *snarkle*). She's just one of those holier-than-thou type of people who think they're better than everyone else and I wanted to slap her around 'til I knocked her delusions of grandeur out of her. I'm sure this is not how her character was supposed to come off, but that was the impression that I got. How could anyone want her to be happy and get her man? No guy as hot as Paul (GP's character) deserves such an awful woman as his wife! The only thing that saved this movie from being a total waste of time was Gregory Peck. Besides being a young, handsome gentleman in this film, he gave a great performance and his effort to save a disaster of a movie deserves two stars, and know that both stars are for him and no other part of the movie. And people actually gave this 5 stars? Oh boy!

I absolutely loved this film! (2000-03-25)

This was one of those films that I found on TV about midway through, and was instantly hooked. After that, I just HAD to see the whole thing, so I bought the video, a box of kleenex, and then the book.

This film is wonderful...One of my ultimate favorites! This was the first time I had seen Greer Garson and I thought she was wonderful. Gregory Peck was perfect, of course! He a rich steelmill owners' son, she a poor Irish housemaid. They fall in love, but can they ever be together?

I absolutely love the ending to this film. I can't tell you...you have to see it, but that's what prompted me to buy the book. I wanted to see what else happens! I confess that I prefer the movie adaptation over the book, but the movie only covers about a third of what the book has to tell. Go out and get both...you won't be sorry!

Very moving. (1999-04-22)

We loved this movie. Greer Garson is so perfect and Gregory Peck, as always, is a perfect gentleman. Humorous and also very moving. It keeps you sitting on the edge of your seat right until the end - make sure you have a box of kleenex handy.

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