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Darling (1965)

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Reviews Counted:8

Fresh:6

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: During the height of the swinging 1960s, John Schlesinger's DARLING was one of the rare critiques of the frivolous behavior that characterized British films of the time. This black-and-white movie... During the height of the swinging 1960s, John Schlesinger's DARLING was one of the rare critiques of the frivolous behavior that characterized British films of the time. This black-and-white movie features a terrific cast led by Julie Christie in perhaps her greatest performance. The superficiality of her character makes a satirical statement about the vapid qualities of the era's youth audience. DARLING is a stern satire that depicts the social climb of Diana Scott (Christie), a young woman who drifts from man to man on her way to stardom in the worlds of modeling and acting. First, as her teenage marriage crumbles, Diana falls hard for television interviewer Robert (Dirk Bogarde). She leaves her husband and moves in with him only to meet the smooth Miles (Laurence Harvey), who knows all the right people in the film industry. But Miles is merely another stepping stone as Diana climbs in and out of bed on her way to the top, creating a life that bores her even more than the existence she originally sought to escape. [More]

Starring: Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, Roland Curram

Starring: Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, Roland Curram, Jose Luis De Villallonga

Director: John Schlesinger

Director: John Schlesinger
Screenwriter: Frederic Raphael
Producer: Joseph Janni
Composer: John Dankworth

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A rather constipated and badly dated Brit New Wave social satire film.

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Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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John Schlesinger's Darling is a film of excessive and self-defeating brilliance.

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Julie Christie is must-see in Oscar winning performance.

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A transitional work between the British "Kitchen Sink" realism and the more stylized works of siwnging London, Schlesinger's film has not aged particularly well, but Julie Christie is beautiful and captivating as the immoral and amoral heroine.

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Christie's Oscar-winning portrayal hasn't aged a bit, even if the movie's swinging '60s milieu has.

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If not for Christie's brilliant performance, I would say that this isn't much above a movie of the week.

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