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... [More]
Starring: Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill
Director: Richard Lester
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Reviews for Petulia
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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 |
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Julie Christie in her Oscar role + Richard Lester direction. Enough said.
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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 |
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Petulia lives on with its vague curiosity and a genuine emotional sting. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Curious one-shot US film in the midst of Lester's British period
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I thought this film was more claptrap than anything else. Full Review |
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