Netflix: Picnic (1955)

Picnic is a very earnest movie. William Holden was 37 at the time and is supposed to be playing a (based on the story) 22-23-year-old guy. But I guess when you've got William Holden, every movie looks like Stalag 17.

It's good, but I wasn't badda-bah-bah-bah lovin' it. The acting was great, but exaggerated, as if it were a play. That's fine for a play, but on camera it seems obnoxious. Every character was seemingly seconds away from a complete mental breakdown.

At any rate, I wouldn't have commented on the movie, but one of the characters was named Madge. Given the emotionally charged atmosphere, other characters were frequent proclaiming, "Madge!" Every time that happened I said, "I soaked in it!"