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Summary: Intense Psychodrama
Review: Liz Taylor and Richard Burton team up in Edward Albee's most powerful play, and give the best performances of their careers. They totally immerse themselves in their characters and the dialogue which is the vehicle for deep character development. This is another product of the '60s blank hitting the societal fan. Intense emotions are stirred during the total psycho-war between George and Martha. The title could very well have been, Who's Afraid of Living Life in Reality with no Illusion. I am George, I am. Very haunting atmosphere set in New England. It says much more than it's consciously aware of. Leaps beyond anything in our mediocre decade.
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Summary: TAYLOR'S FINEST HOUR
Review: While not everyone's cup of java, this picture, which is based on Edward Albee's awarded winning play is excellently acting by all concerned. The film received 5 academy awards, and playwright Albee(who had no hand in the film's making) was quite pleased with the outcome.The whole movie takes place during a bizarre single night; George Segal and Sandy Dennis are the young couple invited for drinks at George and Martha's home, and they are in for quite a visit! Elizabeth Taylor's slovenly portrayal of Martha is a modern classic while Burton gives a fine, modulated delineation of her husband, George. From the very beginning of the film George and Martha have made strange references to their son. Ultimately, we realize he is a fabrication which was used as a weapon in their continuing battle with each other; it is a night filled with truth and illusion.Taylor won the AA for her playing of Martha and Sandy Dennis won the best supporting AA for her easily sickened Honey.
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Summary: I must be a sick person......
Review: This is one of the funniest movies I have EVER seen. I first saw it at age 14 and ever since then I have curled up in laughter during most of the movie. I have read the original play and it is funny, but Burton and Taylor just steal the movie. I've seen most of the comments and they don't remark on how hilarious I find the movie. Maybe something is wrong with me. Even if you don't have a dark sense of humor, this is a killer drama.
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Summary: Fantastic acting in a fantastic film
Review: Well, what can I say about this film that hasn't been said before but this was a truely magnificent film. Not at all aged by the thirty odd years that have rolled by. I have never before seen Burton and Taylor on the screen but their presence together supported by a wonderful script well I was breathtaken for the two hours plus. It was a rollercoaster ride from beginning to end. Some times you're thinking "you're not going to say that" and they do BANG!! Like a smack in the face. I could go on and on but what can I say, brilliant. (I just hope life didn't imitate art on this occasion.)
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Summary: Grotesquely Fascinating
Review: It's like watching a car accident in slow motion- you don't want to see it but you can't tear yourself away. This is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Masterful contributions from each contributor- actors, cinematograhper, composer, set decorater- integrated into a seamless, perfect whole by Mike Nichols. Taylor and Burton have never been better, and I think Sandy Dennis is the only woman ever to co-star with Taylor and win an Oscar. The music is especially affecting, but in a very subtle way.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: A first-order comedy-drama. I am a fan of films that can manage to keep itself in one setting ("Rear Window"), one continuous time ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"), or both ("12 Angry Men"). "Virginia Woolf" takes place in actual time, and is nearly perfect. The whole, entire cast (Burton, Taylor, Dennis, Segal) all deserved Oscars. The acting was incredible. Almost rivaling "12 Angry Men" as being filled with amazing acting. Engrossing, poignant, hilarious . . . don't miss this movie. Do not do not do not.
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Summary: Focusing on the disillusioned marriage of George and Martha.
Review: faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark this is stupid
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Summary: offbeat
Review: This film takes place in acutual time and starts around 2:AM. It features Burton and Tay- lor as a couple that invites another couple over after a party and then argues incessantly. I'll never stop wondering why Edward Albee included the story- story line about George's and Martha's son.
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Summary: I'm afraid.
Review: As i sit here and enjoy the cocktail of the hour, "diet coke and spiced rum", i recall the night i watched "Who's afraid...." A love letter to all the alcoholics of the world!, this film tended to be a bit long winded (like an alcoholic i'm afraid). The acting was marvelous, but the wear and tear of the traumatics in this movie were a bit too much to deal with at times. Burp!
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Summary: One of the best films ever made!
Review: Taylor and Burton are at their finest hour in Mike Nichols' film adaptation of Edward Albee's play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" This is one of my absolute favorite movies and I think it should be considered one of the best films ever made. The supporting cast, Sandy Dennis and George Segal, are phenomenal in their portrayl of the young, nieve couple Nick and Honey. George (Burton) and Martha (Taylor) invite the new young couple into their home for an evening of psychological mind games and drinking. By the end of the evening, startling revelations occur concerning George and Martha's relationship and their family life. One must not miss this film!!!!!!!
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