Rebel Without a Cause is one of the most over rated movies ever.
It was ahead of it’s time though, it’s a movie about whiney rich White overly-sensitive Millennial Kids 35+ years before the 1st Millennials were even born.
It’s great filmmaking as well.
‘It was ahead of it’s time though...’
which is precisely why it’s considered a great film...
Jim Backus needed to slap the snot out of him.
” Rebel Without a Cause is one of the most over rated movies ever.”
I think this movie was made for teens of the day. IMO it was more like a documentary for kids advising them of the perils a JD (juvenile delinquent) faces. I viewed this movie when it first came out around ‘56. I was in my mid teens at the time and it made an impression on me.