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Critic Reviews for The Group
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Sidney Lumet's film is a rushed whirlwind offered to us in an unimaginative way. [Full Review in Spanish]
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This all-female society emerges simply as sinister; Lumet never shows why the expectations of these women are so tragically unfulfilled. Either he just doesn't understand or else The Group is one big put-down of women's colleges.
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By modern standards, however, the persistently shocking aspect of this film is the horrid treatment of most of the female characters by a remarkable proportion of the male characters...
February 13, 2019 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review… -
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January 27, 2013 | Rating: B- -
A high-class soap opera about eight women graduates in 1933 from Vassar.
May 20, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…
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Jul 26, 2010(1966 Director: Sidney Lumet) Only a select few of the many movies I have viewed make it to my "Must See" list, but this is definitely one of them! Although it begins as something of a creeper, old-fashioned and slower moving, the pace quickens as the lives of 8 close female college friends from the Class of '33 change and progress. All attended an elite women's college, which does, of course, make them far from the norm of their day (the 1930's up through 1941 and the declaration of war). Director Sidney Lumet follows the lives of . Obviously, these are women from privileged families, beautiful women each of them, with strong friendships between them. I hadn't reaized there 8 in total until near the end of the film, when one of the last "hold-outs" finally marries a charming and successful man, and her new husband announces, "WIen I married I didn't realize I was marrying my wife and her 7 friends!" Some smashing performances, including the performance of Larry Hagman who co-stars as the alcoholic actor/writer husband of Kay (Joanna Pettet), a vibrant and politically minded young lady. Larry descends into the depths of his alcoholism, cheating and eventually turning to physical abuse of Kay, something Kay has kept a secret from even her close friends. Several of these women do marry and at least 3 have children. The rest either do not marry very young or remain childless, a situation somewhat unusual for a woman if you consider the time period==which by the way is pre--WW II! [more review to follow]Teresa S Super Reviewer
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