Rating: R
Movie Release Date: August 26, 1968
DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009
Plot 411: A single woman living in her childhood home with her mother experience life for the first time when a boy from her past returns.
Review: Joanne Woodward plays Rachel, a woman living (but just barely) with her overbearing mother. She is 35 years old, repressed and waiting for her life to start. It gets jump started when a boy from her childhood returns home to visit his parents. They have a brief relationship - a fling to him, a life-changing experience for her - and she finally decides to take her life into her own hands. The movie is filled with flashbacks of her childhood (she was the daughter of an undertaker), and you can tell it was a tough one. From an early age she was sheltered and very insecure with herself. The life she leads today reflects this upbringing and at times she is consumed with morbid thoughts. Interestingly though, she is actually capable of widely ranging emotions, which becomes just the thing she needs to change her life. Her mother is horrid, yet you still feel sympathetic toward her. She is like any other person who is growing older - afraid of what lies ahead, of change and of being alone. This is Paul Newman's directorial debut.
Movie Release Date: August 26, 1968
DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009
Plot 411: A single woman living in her childhood home with her mother experience life for the first time when a boy from her past returns.
Review: Joanne Woodward plays Rachel, a woman living (but just barely) with her overbearing mother. She is 35 years old, repressed and waiting for her life to start. It gets jump started when a boy from her childhood returns home to visit his parents. They have a brief relationship - a fling to him, a life-changing experience for her - and she finally decides to take her life into her own hands. The movie is filled with flashbacks of her childhood (she was the daughter of an undertaker), and you can tell it was a tough one. From an early age she was sheltered and very insecure with herself. The life she leads today reflects this upbringing and at times she is consumed with morbid thoughts. Interestingly though, she is actually capable of widely ranging emotions, which becomes just the thing she needs to change her life. Her mother is horrid, yet you still feel sympathetic toward her. She is like any other person who is growing older - afraid of what lies ahead, of change and of being alone. This is Paul Newman's directorial debut.
Watch It: For a really good, character-driven movie in which Woodward won a Golden Globe Award for best motion picture actress.
Skip It: If you're looking for high-flying action and death-defying thrills.
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