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Widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer (Joanne Woodward) likes to say she's planning to open an upscale tea room, but in reality she's incapable of handling even the most pedestrian of life's responsibilities. A terrible homemaker and a questionable parent, she's a constant embarrassment to her two daughters. Ruth (Roberta Wallach) is given to rebellious acting out and seems destined to turn out like her mother, while Matilda (Nell Potts) is more thoughtful and likely to transcend her unfortunate childhood.

Cast & Crew

Joanne Woodward
Beatrice
Nell Potts
Matilda
Roberta Wallach
Ruth
Judith Lowry
Nanny
Richard Venture
Floyd
Estelle Omens
Caroline
Carolyn Coates
Mrs. McKay
Will Hare
Junk Man
Jess Osuna
Sonny
David Spielberg
Mr. Goodman
Paul Newman
Director
Paul Newman
Producer
John Foreman
Executive Producer
Alvin Sargent
Screenwriter
Maurice Jarre
Original Music
Adam Holender
Cinematographer
Evan A. Lottman
Film Editor
Shirley Rich
Casting
Gene Callahan
Production Design
Richard Merrell
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  • It sounds like a masochist's orgy, but through the combined ingenuities of Paul Newman, who directed it, Joanne Woodward, who plays Beatrice, and Alvin Sargent, who adapted the play to the screen, it is nothing of the sort.

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    John Russell Taylor

    Sight & Sound

  • The talents of everyone connected with it are unmistakable, including those of Mr. Newman... It's just that the basic material calls for a kind of second-rate bravura performance from everyone, from the production designer to the actors.

    January 14, 2014 | Full Review…

    Vincent Canby

    New York Times

  • Sentimental without really being tender, naturalistic without being real.

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    Jay Cocks

    TIME Magazine

  • Newman and Woodward's daughter Potts steals the movie, but what makes it so watchable is Newman's reluctance to sentimentalise.

    January 14, 2014 | Full Review…

    Geoff Andrew

    Time Out

  • Producer-director Paul Newman has made his finest behind-the-camera film to date in the screen version of Paul Zindel's play.

    January 14, 2014 | Full Review…

    Variety Staff

    Variety

  • Joanne Woodward's performance is not like anything she's ever done before.

    January 14, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Roger Ebert

    Chicago Sun-Times
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