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Only When I Laugh (1981)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:3
Rotten:3
Average Rating:4.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Georgia, who's just spent three months at a clinic for alcoholism, now faces a more daunting task: putting her life back together. One of Georgia's first priorities is to repair her relationship... Georgia, who's just spent three months at a clinic for alcoholism, now faces a more daunting task: putting her life back together. One of Georgia's first priorities is to repair her relationship with Polly, her estranged teenage daughter. Fortunately, Polly, despite their stormy past, is equally willing to patch things up. Georgia also wants to renew her once-thriving career as a Broadway actress, and her romance with accomplished playwright David. Georgia will find a rough road ahead of her, and only she knows if she's got what it takes to rebuild her life, without succumbing to her weakness for alcohol. [More]
Starring: Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol, James Coco, Joan Hackett
Starring: Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol, James Coco, Joan Hackett, David Dukes
Director: Glenn Jordan
Director: Glenn Jordan
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Reviews for Only When I Laugh
Neil Simon reworked his play Gingerbread Lady for this tale of alcoholic actress (real wife Marsha Mason) and precocious daughter, but the result is just as stagy, schmaltzy and predictable, with the expected witty but utterly theatrical one-liners.
Only When I Laugh is a film about family ties, friendship and coping in a competitive world.
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