Pull My Daisy

Pull My Daisy

Is Holy Holy?

Directed by Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie

195926 min6.1 / 10

A playful, improvisational comedy about Beat Generation bohemians clashing with bourgeois respectability, told with affectionate irreverence and Kerouac's wry narration.

Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.

Questions people ask

  • Is Pull My Daisy violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Pull My Daisy scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Pull My Daisy sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Pull My Daisy easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.

  • Does Pull My Daisy end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% 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.

38/ 100

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Rarity82

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Surprise19

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Love25

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