John and Mary

PG

Released Dec 14, 1969

1 hr. 32 min.

Drama

List

38%

13 Reviews

Tomatometer

52%

500+ Ratings

Audience Score

In the morning after a one-night stand, New Yorkers John (Dustin Hoffman) and Mary (Mia Farrow) piece together the night's events, from meeting at a singles bar to arriving back at John's apartment. Spending the day together, the two singles become better acquainted and try to figure out if their encounter will lead to anything serious. During their conversations, both are reminded of previous failed relationships and the emotional baggage they need to overcome.

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Shioka O

Yes this is sleepy, yet chic in 60s style. I regard this as a fashion film. Mia farrow looks great here. Peter Yates' always made films so stylishly no matter how it's supposed to be.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/05/22

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Audience Member

Weekend. The relation between a woman and a man changing in those 1970's which hasn't aged. A day with many questions, they were just looking for simplicity and suddenly have this fear of commitment caused by the ghosts of their previous unsuccessful encounters appearing as flashbacks wrapped up in the present moment. Their inside voices seem to communicate with each other. Simply charming.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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delysid d

it's basically straw dogs without any rapes or murders

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/27/21

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steve d

Perhaps shocking in its day now just forgettable.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Time has not been kind to Peter Yates' John And Mary, but it still holds merit thanks to Hoffman and Farrow.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Meh. Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow, on the heels of "Midnight Cowboy" and "Rosemary's Baby," are wasted in a dull, pretentious story about Farrow and Hoffman after a one-night-stand. Desperately trying to emulate French new wave, with the characters actually discussing Godard's "Weekend" at one point, director Peter Yates (on the heels of his own latest success "Bullitt") tells the morning after story through flashbacks, voice overs and unneeded jump cuts. The idea behind the film isn't bad, but it's the execution where the film falls apart. The main reason I wanted to watch this film was to see Mia Farrow in something else from her early career beside "Rosemary's Baby." I think her Daisy Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" was the only other early role of her's I'd seen that wasn't a Woody Allen film. I suppose it's somewhat interesting to watch the film as a period piece, but it's not all that interesting and nowhere as smart as those involved believe it to be.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Peter Yates

Director

Dustin Hoffman

John

Mia Farrow

Mary

Michael Tolan

James

Sunny Griffin

Ruth

Stanley Beck

Stanley

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TIME Magazine

Director Yates knows how to shape even the sketchiest scenario, and if John and Mary is no deeper than an eggshell, it is every bit as functionally designed.

Jul 26, 2007

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Variety Staff

Variety

The entire charade is smoothly contrived.

Jul 26, 2007

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Hoffman and Farrow awake to each other in a New York bed and interminably worry, via chat, fantasy, flashback and some trendy cultural reference, whether they should do it again.

Jun 24, 2006

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Larry Zolf

Maclean's Magazine

The problem with John and Mary is that in this case the fruits of sin make for a rotten film.

Jun 15, 2022

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Jacob Brackman

Esquire Magazine

Perhaps this is smashing stuff for a Second City satire, but Peter Yates (the director) has ignored its satirical promise.

Aug 25, 2020

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Ann Birstein

Vogue

Maybe if Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow generated more excitement, all this would seem more appetizing than it does.

May 6, 2020

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Synopsis

In the morning after a one-night stand, New Yorkers John (Dustin Hoffman) and Mary (Mia Farrow) piece together the night's events, from meeting at a singles bar to arriving back at John's apartment. Spending the day together, the two singles become better acquainted and try to figure out if their encounter will lead to anything serious. During their conversations, both are reminded of previous failed relationships and the emotional baggage they need to overcome.

Director: Peter Yates
Screenwriter: John Mortimer
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 14, 1969, Original
Release Date (DVD): Mar 6, 2007