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When Nichols finally settles down, it's almost too late.
And in its forthright dealing with the play, this becomes one of the most scathingly honest American films ever made.
Keen adaptation and handsome production by Ernest Lehman, outstanding direction by Mike Nichols in his feature debut, and four topflight performances score an artistic bullseye.
'You have ugly talents,' George says, almost admiringly, to Martha. So does this movie.
"I am the earth mother, and you are all flops," Martha proclaims toward the end, and Taylor never had a line of dialogue that better suited her fighting maternal spirit.
A time capsule now of all that was considered controversial and gutsy in 1966.
A painful and compelling masterpiece.
If one examines Albee's The Zoo Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Tiny Alice as three views of the struggle for faith and the Christ myth and its nuances, the plays, on a particular level, gain a substantial meaning.
Scathing scream of a black comedy that's based on a play by Edward Albee.
Director Nichols, in his auspicious Hollywood debut, and scripter Ernest Lehman smartly keep Albee's corrosively witty black comedy intact, allowing their ensmeble, including Liz Taylor, to dig deep and turn intensely entertaining performances.
Strong stuff, intensely watchable, but definitely not for children.
A merciless dissection of the intellectual's disease of ennui and gamesmanship.
Edward Albee's vitriolic stage portrayal of domestic blisslessness translated grainily and effectively to the screen.
One of the great directorial debuts in film history...
Great cast plus great script equals great movie! Liz and Dick at their best.
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