# "A Face in the Crowd" is about to start on TCM **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 13, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-face-in-the-crowd-is-about-to-start-on-tcm/983976 "2023-05-13T04:35:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-face-in-the-crowd-is-about-to-start-on-tcm/983976/1 "2023-05-13T04:35:50Z")
I’ve been wanting to see this for a long time. Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-face-in-the-crowd-is-about-to-start-on-tcm/983976/2 "2023-05-13T07:15:58Z")
Great, great movie. Hasn’t dated a bit. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-face-in-the-crowd-is-about-to-start-on-tcm/983976/3 "2023-05-13T08:01:55Z")
It is indeed great, I was hooked from the beginning. And what a wonderful cast! Never in a million years would I have imagined Andy Griffith could play such a role so convincingly. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-face-in-the-crowd-is-about-to-start-on-tcm/983976/4 "2023-05-13T11:21:19Z")
I kept waiting for pres 45 to have a AFITC moment, when people would open their eyes. I won’t spoil it if you don’t know what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-face-in-the-crowd-is-about-to-start-on-tcm/983976/5 "2023-05-13T11:52:53Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Great, great movie. Hasn’t dated a bit. Maybe it just needs to get out more, or subscribe to an app or two. ---
**Author:** ![Jay\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-face-in-the-crowd-is-about-to-start-on-tcm/983976/6 "2023-05-13T14:46:14Z")
This movie has some great scenes but doesn’t quite hold together IMO. Patricia Neal disappears for an extended period without explanation. Breaks the rule of show don’t tell. Didn’t apply to Trump the way people said it would, of course Trump built a different path anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-face-in-the-crowd-is-about-to-start-on-tcm/983976/7 "2023-05-13T16:31:15Z")
A great movie, but overly optimistic. Trying not to spoil it, but we now know if the live mike at the end happened in real life, the public wouldn’t care a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-face-in-the-crowd-is-about-to-start-on-tcm/983976/8 "2023-05-13T16:44:50Z")
All his enablers would leap to their mikes and be like, “what he meant to say was…”, and all ruffled feathers would be smoothed.