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      Ladybug, Ladybug

      1963 1h 24m Drama List
      Reviews 88% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score The teachers and students of a countryside elementary school are thrown into a panic when an air raid siren goes off, warning them of a imminent nuclear attack. They are unaware that it has gone off by mistake, and separate the children into groups -- one of which is headed by the anxious Mrs. Andrews (Nancy Marchand) -- to take them home. Harriet (Alice Playten) invites her classmates into her family's bomb shelter, but tragedy strikes when she won't allow one of her classmates to enter. Read More Read Less

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      Bosley Crowther New York Times These are respectable intentions, but, unfortunately, the film is too slight in dramatic structure and too prosaic, really, to carry much punch. Rated: 2.5/5 May 9, 2005 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Strange thought provoking arty drama about the fear of a nuclear war in an elementary school and the misguided use of civil defense alarm boxes. Rated: B- Jul 16, 2017 Full Review TV Guide This terrifying account of life under the fear of nuclear war successfully illustrates the harm undue panic and thoughtlessness can provoke. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 30, 2007 Full Review Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Um triste retrato da parania que dominou o mundo (especialmente os EUA) durante a Guerra Fria - e que, nos ltimos anos, vem ganhando uma lamentvel sobrevida. Rated: 4/5 Jan 14, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member As someone who went to school in the '50s and did "duck and cover" exercises I can understand the sense of dread the teachers and students felt. The final seen of the boy looking up at the jets and not knowing whether they were missiles or enemy planes, and having no place to hide: harrowing. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review michael e A timeless classic of our basest fears and childhood concerns. Very well done! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member interesting only because of how it captures the paranoia of the Cold War. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Having waited with my childrens wearing gas masks for Saddam Hussein's WMD missles on 91, I found this movie moving. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis The teachers and students of a countryside elementary school are thrown into a panic when an air raid siren goes off, warning them of a imminent nuclear attack. They are unaware that it has gone off by mistake, and separate the children into groups -- one of which is headed by the anxious Mrs. Andrews (Nancy Marchand) -- to take them home. Harriet (Alice Playten) invites her classmates into her family's bomb shelter, but tragedy strikes when she won't allow one of her classmates to enter.
      Director
      Frank Perry
      Production Co
      Frank Perry Films Inc.
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 24m