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Typical 1960's angst

posted 15 years ago by eric-1501
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Jean Simmons' character is trying "to find herself." Not too surprising,
considering that was the big deal in 1969. Most of the action and dialog is
just a bunch of menopausal fretfulness, treated by the actors as some sort
of profundity.

[–] miriamwebster 14 years ago

Agreed! Might have seemed vaguely profound at the time to certain age group but film has not aged well. (And simply putting pigtails on forty-ish actress does not for convincing youthful flashbacks make.)