I found this to be an excellent film. Although the potential for melodrama and emotional pandering was palpable I felt that the film's creators did an admirable job of minimizing those tropes. The characters were well defined and the actors were utterly convincing in their portrayals. If there is one qualm about the film on a whole I would say that the ending seemed to be too conveniently optimistic. Perhaps this is both a result of the age of the film itself and of the era that I am now viewing it in. Six decades is quite a long time and during that span many things have changed from a cultural and societal standpoint. Having the benefit of hindsight I suppose that the ending to such a terrifically realized picture is a very small qualm to consider. My score is 8 out of 10.
Review of The Mark
