Tea and Sympathy (1956) Reviews & Ratings

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Tea and Sympathy reviews

Tea and Sympathy holds a 7.0/10 average from 63 TMDB ratings.

Initially, I thought that John Kerr looked just a bit too old to convince as the seventeen year old "Tom" but as his character unfolds in front of us, I concluded that actually his extra years helped him to add quite a degree of maturity to a role that proves a lot more complex than the title might suggest. He arrives at his new all-boys school and, like any newbie, is on the periphery of it's community. Luckily, he…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife.

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