Marjorie Morningstar

Marjorie Morningstar

Would this glamorous girl choose love...or a star-spangled Career?

Directed by Irving Rapper

Produced by Beachwold Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

1958123 min6.3 / 10

A mid-century romantic drama about a young woman's passionate summer affair with an older, bohemian artist, caught between love and parental expectation.

While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie, he is an upper-middle-class New York Jew, but has fallen away from his roots, and Marjorie's parents object among other things to his lack of a suitable profession. Noel himself warns Marjorie repeatedly that she's much too naive and conventional for him, but they nonetheless fall in love.

Questions people ask

  • Is Marjorie Morningstar violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Marjorie Morningstar scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Marjorie Morningstar easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Does Marjorie Morningstar end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.

  • Is Marjorie Morningstar sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

30/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity18

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise40

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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