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Sep 19, 2016Onewhoissaved rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A note before I start my blog. The comment by 'lukasevansherman' that "God was wrong" disgusts me. Disrespect to the Lord may be permitted by some people but not by me.-------"Bigger than Life", 1956, stars British actor James Mason as a married teacher with a son. The teacher gets a life threatening condition which is treated by the poorly understood drug Cortisone. The drug winds up changing Mason, making him psychotic to such an extent that he nearly murders his own son. The transformation of a loving father and husband is painful to watch but so well acted. Where the film falls down is its' ending. What happens to him if he stops taking the cortisone? We don't find out. Excellently acted film. Barbara Rush is beautiful! Walter Mathau is perfect as the nasal voiced athletic coach. Mathau does not have the kind of personality anyone wants to have themselves but someone has to grudgingly respect.