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Simply Perfect

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

When the navy officer father goes off to war and leave his son and wife to cope and the uncle moves in to be the "man of the family" but is nothing more than a leach things get interesting. Set against the background of the second world war and new Mexico I find many contemporary comparisons. Richard Thomas as the son and Claire Bloom as the mother are both excellent. Gregory Sierra as the sheriff trying to maintain order in a mixed race town is excellent. In our world today there is always a background of war as there was then, yet young people must come of age and mature and this movie captures that time of youth as no other I have seen. It is not sugar coated, but presented as life is. It mesmerizes you and at the same time makes you feel slightly uneasy about a time when the world was at war, fathers left to serve and families coped as best they could. I recommend seeing red sky at morning and let yourself be taken back to another era and at the same time to the era in which we live.

I saw this movie the year it came out. I was 19 and living in Corrales, New Mexico. It was a year after I graduated from High School in California and hit the road. The cinema is shot mostly outdoors and really captures the charm and essence of the New Mexico landscape and the flavor and culture of the rural villages. The storyline was brilliant and the actors were matched beautifully to the characters they played. It is a very funny, touching and emotional film at several levels. It is truly classic and timeless. The movie left a lasting impression on me. I think of it often over the years and how much I enjoyed it and would like to get a copy. It is a crime that Universal Studios will not release this movie to CD or video. I cannot understand it. I guess Universal feels it's too "indie" to generate any major income from commercial resale.

I saw this movie with my parents, brother and sister at a drive-in. I was eleven. I haven't seen it since, but it has stayed with me all my life. Richard Thomas the clumsy new guy, troubled, hurt and alone; Catherine Burns the hot new friend whom Desi Arnez, Jr. already ''knows'' and whom you want to know too, completely. This movie gave me my first anxiety attack - believe it! at eleven, an anxiety attack. I still get upset sometimes when I think about it too much. It's because I felt so much for Thomas's character, out in the desert, far from his home, hurting without a father, in the midst of losing his mother, innocence and childhood, and wishing life could return to the way it was before, but could not and ultimately does not. I still cry thinking about the movie. Richard Thomas's emotion-filled, painful expressions (especially when he ''meets'' the dead cow), and Catherine Burns's welcoming smile still call out to me in my memory. The end of the movie is truly one of the saddest commentaries on war and loss, and the whole movie is the most bittersweet example out there of a coming of age film. I wish this film were available for collection. Please Universal, put this movie back out there. I need to see it again to revive my faded memories of it and help me cope with my own coming of age.

I was lucky enough to see this film when it was first released. I still think of moments from the film that moved me. It's a wonderful film. Acting and story are quite good. I remember crying and laughing many times throughout the movie. Richard Thomas at his best, Richard Crena, Claire Bloom really at the top of their game. Even the minor characters stay with you well after the film is over. Lindo is one in particular. I've been trying to get a copy of it for years. Unfortunately, it is not available. I'm not sure if the theme of the movie is too politically incorrect. Is just makes no sense to me why the movie is not on the market. Why? Please, Universal, get this picture on DVD.