This was a whimsical little movie and I really enjoyed it. (Two out of four stars is a fair enough rating for this)
But so many times throughout the movie, no matter how light-hearted the moment was supposed to be, Anthony Perkins had these "Norman Bates" looks on his face. I couldn't help but keep thinking that several times during the film.
Anthony Perkins just had a certain "quality". See him in his earlier films "Fear Strikes Out" and "The Tin Star" and see if you don't agree.
shareI was thinking the same thing. The movies I remember him most in are Psycho and Fear Strikes Out, which is a loosely based biography of former major leaguer Jim Piersall and the psychiatric breakdown he suffered during his playing career. Now, I don't know anything about Anthony Perkins' personal life, but he seems to have a knack for playing characters with mental or rather psychiatric issues.
shareI know what you mean. I saw only Norman Bates in this movie throughout. In fact the movie was almost unwatchable, because I just didn't buy the "romance" between Perkins and Jane Fonda. Totally unbelievable. I was wondering when he was going to stab her to death in the shower.
Tall Story came out in the same year as Psycho -- 1960 -- and only about two months before Psycho(April; Psycho went out in June for first engagements.)
And so, Anthony Perkins in Tall Story looks and sounds and acts almost exactly as he looks and sounds and acts in Psycho.
Its weird, though. Given that Perkins gives pretty much the same performance in Psycho as in the "romantic comedy" Tall Story...he makes much more sense as a nervous young crazy than as a college basketball jock. He was miscast as the latter.
couldn't agree more with OP
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