DramaTaon1956Tagal1h 35mIMDb7.4

Bigger Than Life

Drama

A seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a miracle drug that begins to affect his sanity.

Panoorin Ngayon

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Cast

James Mason

Ed Avery

Barbara Rush

Lou Avery

Walter Matthau

Wally Gibbs

Robert F. Simon

Dr. Norton

Christopher Olsen

Richie Avery

Roland Winters

Dr. Ruric

Rusty Lane

Bob LaPorte

RS

Rachel Stephens

Nurse

Kipp Hamilton

Pat Wade

DA

Dee Aaker

Joe

DB

David Bedell

X-Ray Doctor

Gail Bonney

Mother at PTA Meeting

HB

Harold Bostwick

Gentleman

Lovyss Bradley

Churchgoer

AC

Ann Cameron

Churchgoer

MC

Mary Carroll

Mother at PTA Meeting

Virginia Carroll

Mrs. Jones

Mary Carver

Saleslady

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MouradkissiMay 29, 2023

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Bigger Than Life

Agouha YomeyeNov 16, 2022

Nicholas Ray directs this gripping and sometimes dark drama about an affable school teacher Ed Avery(James Mason)trying hard to sustain his vision of the classic American dream. Avery is a loving husband and well respected citizen. His wife(Barbara Rush)has no idea that her husband is working a second job at a taxi company to keep their style of living afloat. Mr. Avery's physical and mental stress causes him to collapse; and being treated with experimental doses of the hormone cortisone expounds his problems. The "miracle drug" has side effects that make the mild mannered Avery go on a destructive campaign to destroy his beloved prim suburban lifestyle. The supporting cast features: Walter Matthau, Roland Winters, Rusty Lane and Betty Caulfield. You may also recognize William Schallert and Jerry Mathers.

Aziz_LamyaeNov 16, 2022

Ed Avery (James Mason) is a school teacher with loving wife Lou (Barbara Rush) and son Richie. Pat Wade and Wally Gibbs (Walter Matthau) are his friends fellow teachers. He starts blacking out from terrible pains. Hospital doctors diagnose him with a rare disease and give him experimental cortisone treatment. He makes a remarkable recovery and given cortisone tablets to take. His personality starts to change and he begins to abuse the pills. The subject matter of prescription drug abuse is prescient although the madness is sometimes reminiscent of the old educational films of the dangers of marijuana. The 50's nuclear family does keep this mired in an old fashion style. Nevertheless, it is very admirable to see this issue tackled. The widescreen CinemaScope does something interesting to the interior scenes. When the walls on both sides of the room can be seen, it pulls the audience inside the rooms. The characters and their story becomes even more immediate.

missamabella24Nov 16, 2022

This film, much like the melodramas of Douglas Sirk, has far more going on than meets the eye. James Mason's character, after getting whacked out of Cortizone (a "Miracle Drug") indeed becomes hysterical and abusive. But he was made ill in the first place by the strain caused his intensely driven lifestyle, where he kept two jobs to finance his family's social and financial ascent. What the viewer has to watch for is what his character says during his cortizone-induced delusions. His criticisms of his wife, kid, PTA and society in general are over-the-top, but essentially valid. It's a classic narrative device: by allowing a main character a way out of societal responsibility and place (In this case, being bombed on Cortizone), he is allowed to comment on and criticize American society directly without actually threatening the status quo. and in the case of 1950s America, that's a monolithic status quo to criticize.

Namjoon👑Nov 16, 2022

Ed Avery (James Mason) is a typical (though idealized) 1950s husband and father who is facing serious health problem. To save his life, he begins taking the controversial new drug Cortisone which soon brings about a major – and quite shocking – personality transformation. James Mason is superb in this role. At first, he's charming and lovable, but gradually morphs into a horrifying monster. He had me utterly convinced he was really vile and very dangerous. Barbara Rush gives a good performance as the steadfast housewife and mother who loves him, no matter how grotesque he becomes. Walter Matthau is likable in a supporting role as Ed's co-worker. The movie was directed by Nicholas Ray ("Rebel Without a Cause") and had some surprisingly blunt and realistic dialogue for 1956. This story is even more relevant today with so much drug abuse and dependence. Mason's transformation from 'Father Knows Best' to 'Mr. Hyde' is utterly believable and frightening. Good movie.

SeydouTonton SackoNov 16, 2022

Back in 1956 this must have been a very daring flick indeed. Of course it has dated and today it packs less of a punch but it still remains a very sincere film anchored by a superb James Mason performance. Walter Matthau is similarly top rate though in a smaller and less flashy role. The direction is absolutely mesmerizing and I only felt slightly uneasy about the psychiatric approach of the day and the flashing red screen reflecting Mason's mental disintegration which was so in fashion in films of the time. Even so, it was not enough to spoil the pleasure afforded by the many good aspects in this movie that I found quite riveting and intelligent for the most part. The bit where Mason snips the phone cord is as frightening as it is memorable, to me the highpoint of a honest yet never predictable work.

Tdk Macassette Nov 16, 2022

Nicholas Ray was one of the greatest directors to come out of Hollywood. His movies are always about something and that something has a cinematic flair that makes the experience thought provoking and thoroughly entertaining. Here is Cortisone the excuse for a slap in the face of a society that was getting more complacent and more spoiled with an avalanche of "new" things coming to overwhelm our daily lives. "We're dull, we're all dull" tells James Mason to his wife. Barbara Rush is superb as a Donna Reed type with a monster in the house. James Mason, a few years away from Lolita, also produced this rarely seen classic and gives a performance of daring highs. Highly recommended to movie lovers everywhere.

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