Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

justincward TWIAT is about a has-been actor with the shakes who starts to rediscover his mojo as a director in Rome with the help of an Italian gamine (Dahlia Lavi), while everybody else around him manipulates and abuses him and one another. He's got to have been living in the world's most expensive sanatorium, by the way. He finally learns to rely on himself alone, not the people who have had their hooks in him - quite a contemporary message, if done in a very glib way, with a slight twist on 'Casablanca' at the end.There are two common threads with all the reviews here: George Hamilton's 'best' work was ahead of him substituting for Elvis in the Hank Williams story 'Your Cheatin' Heart', and while gorgeous to look at (eg Kirk's Maserati, the 60's Roman parties), and with performances that would go down a scream in pantomime/burlesque, the movie just drags - not too badly, but it does. (Though it picks up well with 9 minutes to go). The music is also very dated.The drag is because while the script expects us to invest our feelings in the post-suicidal Andrus (Douglas), it spends too much time and energy with the co-stars and their much worse neuroses and marriages from hell - and the sub-Fellini Italian traveloguery, while interesting of itself, is obtrusive. There's also a lot of casual violence against women which is not good.On the whole, it's worth watching if you don't have to pay for it and you'd like to see something halfway between Douglas Sirk and Martin Scorsese. Oh, and a bee-ootiful black Gibson archtop at about 1:39. Almost better than the Maserati ragtop, which ends up under a fountain.

mark.waltz Some screenplays are simply unfilmable, and even if they are filmable, become laughable because the acting simply becomes banal either through over-direction or misguided emotions by actors trying too hard. In the case of this supposed follow-up to "The Bad and the Beautiful", the first "B" in that title, certainly fits, not the second. It's an embarrassment on all levels with such talents as Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse, George Hamilton and especially Claire Trevor chewing up every word of the dialog. It's a major shame to have Trevor pretty much vomit every line she says as if she was getting revenge on Robinson for mistreating her in "Key Largo".The story is difficult to figure out from the very beginning with everybody ranting and raving at Kirk Douglas for being a has-been drunk actor, and the efforts director Robinson makes to get the movie completed. To make matters worse, a clip from "The Bad and the Beautiful" is used, showing how things went from an outstanding piece of art where everything came together, to this huge house of cards where a sudden gust of wind came along, making the entire deck impossible to put back together again. Luxurious photography can't hide the fact that what is actually present on the screen is probably one of the most confusing pieces of trash ever committed on celluloid. Even director Vincent Minnelli's final film, the major flop "A Matter of Time", outshines this one in spades.While film history resources indicate that rash editing lead to the film's failure, the script is also filled with massive inconsistencies, utilizing sudden psychotic mood swings in many scenes for pretty much every character. The film is practically impossible to get through, a sad example of so much talent tossed together in what really comes out to be a compost heap. The film also touches on the perverted, such as a scene where the aging Robinson appears to be being fondled by an Italian starlet (while harpy wife Trevor rants and raves like a patient from a nut house). The worst slap in the face comes for poor Trevor, playing one of the most hateful characters on-screen, only rivaled by the vile nasty rich wife that Eleanor Parker played in "An American Dream", another dreadful disaster made just a couple of years later. This one, however, could be called Vincent Minnelli's "An Italian Nightmare".

Michael_Elliott Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) * 1/2 (out of 4) The star, writer, producer and director of THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL re-teamed for this film but sadly the end result is somewhat of a disaster. Former star Jack Andrus (Kirk Douglas) leaves a mental hospital three years after a nervous breakdown when his former director (Edward G. Robinson) calls him to Rome for a chance at a comeback. Once the actor arrives in Rome he realizes that everything with the production is a disaster and soon he goes from actor to sound dubbing to directing. TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN apparently was a disaster when director Vincente Minnelli turned it over to MGM who pretty much took the film away from him, re-edited the picture and threw out several key scenes. Who knows how good or bad the original version was but what's available today is quite hard to sit through. Had it not been for the terrific cast this film would probably be unbearable and rank as one of the worst films to come from such a talented group of people. For the life of me I can't understand how bad this thing turned out but I've heard the novel by Irwin Shaw would be nearly impossible for anyone to get to work. The entire film is a major mess as it simply tries to tell too many stories and not a single one of them is of any interest. The Kirk Douglas character just never makes too much sense and there are countless other characters that come in and out of his life without much information. We don't get many stories on why Douglas is the nut he is and we really don't understand the relationship between the director and his alcoholic wife play by Claire Trevor (her and Robinson re-teaming after KEY LARGO). Another problem is that none of the actors seem all that interesting in what's going on. Douglas and Robinson, two great actors, pretty much sleepwalk through their roles. Trevor is just a poor version of previous performances she's given. George Hamilton just really sinks in the film and Cyd Charisse doesn't get much to do. The over-dramatic melodrama going on in this film just makes it downright annoying to sit through and this is only for fans of really bad movies.

jfarms1956 Two Weeks In Another Town is a movie primarily geared towards those 40 and older. The movie contains numerous good actors/actresses that I have enjoyed such as Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charise, George Hamilton, and George Macready. Any of which can carry any film. The movie can be enjoyed anytime, either alone or with a friend who might enjoy the movie. The plot is so so. The film seems slow most of the time. It is not an action packed movie, so don't expect it. Overall, the movie seems a little downbeat and downhearted. It was hard getting into the spirit of the movie. Bring your popcorn and plenty of conversation when you watch this movie. The movie does provide some modest entertainment, only because of the stars in the movie. Enjoy.