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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

  • Film
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
Romantic film: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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Time Out says

4 out of 5 stars

Edward Albee's vitriolic stage portrayal of domestic blisslessness translated grainily and effectively to the screen. Taylor gives what is probably her finest performance as the blowsy harridan Martha, while Burton is not quite so hammy as usual as her angst-ridden college professor husband. The verbal fireworks that occur when they invite a young couple to dinner are surprisingly convincing. In an interview much later, Sandy Dennis said that, amazingly, Taylor and Burton were in fact very happy together at the time. It doesn't show on screen. The film's one problem, however, is that it's played so relentlessly for realism, when in fact the subject is at least half fantasy. A very loud film.

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Release Details

  • Duration:132 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Mike Nichols
  • Screenwriter:Ernest Lehman
  • Cast:
    • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Richard Burton
    • George Segal
    • Sandy Dennis
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