The Sea of Grass

In Michel Ciment's book " Kazan par Kazan" which is actually a very long interview (à la "Hitchcock by Truffaut"),the director recalled how painful the filming of "sea of grass " was for him:first of all,he complained for a subject... Full review

This movie is tough to love. Partly this is due to the setting of the film (nothing but grasslands as far as the eyes can see), but most of it is because the two main characters are so flawed and... Full review

A western only by virtue of its setting, "The Sea of Grass" is definitely one of the oddest in the series of films Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn made together. Though it starts out promisingly, the soap-opera elements (infidelity, unwanted... Full review

Considering that Sea of Grass is helmed by a director who's not familiar with the western milieu it's amazing that it comes off as well as it does. Elia Kazan is so much better in an urban setting like On... Full review

It is unfortunate that Spencer Tracey was cast in the pivotal role of the Colonel, as he sleepwalks thru the entire picture! The emotional fireworks come from the relationship between Katharine Hepburn and Melvyn Douglas, as the illicit lovers. As... Full review

"The Sea of Grass" showed up on cable recently and out of curiosity, we watched it, based on the great director at the helm, and the cast involved in it. Unfortunately, Elia Kazan wasn't up to the task of directing... Full review

I had never watched or heard of this wonderful movie, so was not expecting such a great treat. Worth every minute to watch it. K. Hepburn is so pretty in it, and you want to know her as the colonel's... Full review

Hepburn and Tracy are woefully miscast in this ennui-inducing bore that is easily the worst of their films -- well, perhaps tied with Keeper of the Flame. The sexual tension, the battle of the sexes, that was the hallmark of... Full review

Sluggish, painfully dull horse opera that never seems to get off the ground despite the stellar cast of Tracy & Hepburn, Melvyn Douglas, Edgar Buchanan and Robert Walker as the son. Since the legendary Tracy/Hepburn affair was in full swing... Full review

The "Sea of Grass" was bigger than all of the players of the story and as fragile as the love that the Colonel (Tracey) had for Lutie (Hepburn) and she for him. The Colonel shared with Lutie a vision of... Full review

Story [from the novel by Conrad Richter] is built around the traditional American feud between cattlemen and farmers, with Spencer Tracy perfect as the iron-jawed leader in the ranchers' determined stand against the inevitable surge westward of the agriculturists whose... ... Full Article

Usually associated with erudite, urbane comedies, the legendary screen team of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy goes intensely dramatic in the expensive western Sea of Grass. ... Full Article

At 131 minutes, this sprawling western was long on talk and short on action. Tracy, a tough cattle baron who owns a huge tract in the New Mexico Territory known as "The Sea of Grass," resents the intrusion of hundreds... ... Full Article