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Petulia (1968)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:9

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A film very much of its time -- the swinging '60s -- "Petulia" is also a timeless study of romantic relationships in a consumer society. It is filmed in a fragmented, jumpy style, that is... A film very much of its time -- the swinging '60s -- "Petulia" is also a timeless study of romantic relationships in a consumer society. It is filmed in a fragmented, jumpy style, that is nonetheless powerful and effective. A prominent San Francisco surgeon's life is turned upside down when he falls in love with an eccentric young woman caught in an unhappy marriage with a sadistic man. Can this odd couple's love transcend the conventions of their upper-class world? [More]

Starring: Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill

Starring: Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill, Shirley Knight, Joseph Cotten, Pippa Scott, Kathleen Widdoes

Director: Richard Lester

Director: Richard Lester
Producer: Raymond Wagner
Screenwriter: Larry Marcus, Barbara Turner
Composer: John Barry

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Jun 20, 2006

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  • Petulia
  • "It's a very real film about two people trying to get through to each other," director Richard Lester (A Hard Day's Night) says of his landmark romance Petulia, set in summer-of-love-era San Francisco.
  • There Julie Christie plays a unhappily married socialite trying to get through to a recently divorced doctor (George C. Scott), who in his own words just wants to "feel something." He'll soon feel, even hurt, a lot. Because we know why kooky Petulia so desperately reaches out. As Lester zigzags through the flashbacks and flash-forwards of cinematographer Nicolas Roeg's startling images and Lawrence B. Marcus' knowing screenplay, Petulia's jigsaw pieces form a celluloid time capsule of life and love in the turbulent '60s.
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    Innovative in narrative and style, Lester's dissection of mores and manners through marriages and affairs captures vividly the zeitgeist of the Summer of Love and the violent Vietnam War with brilliant turns from Julie Christie and George C. Scott.

    Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
    07/14/08
    Emanuel Levy
    Emanuel Levy
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    Julie Christie in her Oscar role + Richard Lester direction. Enough said.

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    03/08/08
    Steve Crum
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    ...an anti-The Graduate ... an essential film from and about America in the dying days of the '60s, yet the modernism of its style and ambitions makes Petulia impressively ahead of that time.

    Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
    01/25/08
    Mark Bourne
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    Petulia lives on with its vague curiosity and a genuine emotional sting.

    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    08/18/06
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
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    06/24/06
    Derek Adams
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    10/23/04
    Roger Ebert
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    05/20/03
    Renata Adler
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    11/07/02
    Michael Szymanski
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    Curious one-shot US film in the midst of Lester's British period

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    11/05/02
    Ken Hanke
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    Dave Kehr
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    I thought this film was more claptrap than anything else.

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    01/01/00
    Dennis Schwartz
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