Giant - 1956 - 6/10
Overblown melodrama of rich man / poor man saga.
Powerful rancher Benedict gets hisself an East Coast bride and hauls her back to Texas.
Where Miss Leslie soon realizes how uppity the whole stinking sons of Benedict clan are.
A diversion, and solace, is neighbor Jett, a wildcatter and white trash.
The underlying theme is about breaking. Breaking a filly, breaking the new wife, breaking the lower orders.
Characters and sideplots galore. Few are compelling.
Three and a half hours of Texas bombast. All hat, no cattle.
