Bloodline Reviews

Surely this has to rank as one of the most ill-conceived, poorly made films in Paramount Pictures' history. Audrey Hepburn inherits control of a pharmaceutical company after her father dies and the firm's board members (her cousins) close in and... Read more

I enjoyed this movie! Any time Audrey Hepburn graced the screen was an occasion and for her to be paired with Ben Gazzara made this movie extra special for me. The story is interesting; the scenery is beautiful; a delightful... Read more

Following the release of Wait Until Dark (1967) and the break-up of her marriage to Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn retired from the screen. By the mid 1970s her subsequent marriage, to Rome-based psychiatrist Andrea Dotti, had become strained and this... Read more

I checked this film out because I had read how terrible it was. And it was terrible. It seems to be that with the amount of talent that was wasted in this film, that somewhere something good could have come... Read more

Regarding "Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline", I'd like to correspond to Paramount and inquire why not re-edit the film (remaster), and create a SPECIAL EDITION, maybe with deleted scenes (with Ursula Buchfellner and Eleonore Melzer, which were cut), and commentary. I read... Read more

I urge you to read the book before you watch the film. It'll make much more sense. The movie isn't good in some ways, but I like seeing the story come to life. The book is amazing, it was the first... Read more

When "Bloodline" was released in 1979, a major magazine review pointed out that in the course of the story, ostensibly for failure to pay a gambling debt, a character's knees are nailed to the floor. The critic then went on... Read more

I had the good fortune as a teenager to sit through "Bloodline" each day or night for the week it ran in Freeport, Illinois. Later, when I ran away to NYC, I watched it again on my first little screen... Read more

Very disappointing.Nobody expects film based on Sidney Sheldon's book to be come art-house masterpiece but at least it could be made into enjoyable crime movie like Death on Nile. Well it was not. Despite the rather famous director (Young is... Read more

Compared to some of the Harold Robbins or Jackie Susann movies, this is not much better but its not much worse either. At least there is an international cast of talented actors at work. Granted, some of them are along... Read more