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Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

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Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

PG

Released May 11, 1970

1h 52m

Comedy

Drama

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Junie Moon (Liza Minnelli) is in the hospital, after her face has been disfigured by her deranged boyfriend. There she meets two other patients -- Arthur (Ken Howard), who has epilepsy but has been misdiagnosed as mentally retarded, and Warren (Robert Moore), who is gay and in a wheelchair. The unlikely trio of outcasts decide to move in together and manage to enjoy a series of adventures as they endure various forms of prejudice and struggle with their own issues.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Preminger doesn't direct movies as much as he makes frontal assaults on them.

Rated: 1.5/5

May 8, 2013

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Variety Staff

Variety

All this is well mounted and lensed but sans the right dramatic flourishes to get human depth, melodramatic gusto or humane symbolism into the right focus.

May 8, 2013

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

The style hesitates between no-stops melodrama and glacial reserve without really finding a meaningful perspective on the action.

May 8, 2013

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews

I'll say this for Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon. It's a film that takes a big roll of the dice. Is it wrenching? Is it wacky? Well, it's definitely weird.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 21, 2016

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A scarred young woman, a paraplegic homosexual, and an epileptic decide to throw in their lots together in this earnest comedy-drama. Sound like fun? It isn't.

Rated: 2/4

May 8, 2013

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: C+

Feb 28, 2013

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not great, but it passes the time.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/13/21

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I always cite this as the worst movie I ever saw. It was so cringe-worthy I'm surprised I didn't suffer muscle spasms. I only stayed through it because I was at a drive-in with friends.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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When I finished this movie, I thought, WTF was that? This is one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen and not in a good way. The plot is convoluted and it is pretty slow moving. Not one I need to see again.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Dated drama of three misfits still offers some fine acting by Liza Minnelli as a scarred, both physically and emotionally, young girl. Made just before Cabaret this is the last time the subdued non star Liza persona would be evident in a film. She speaks a line here "What would I do with sequins?" which while true for the character evokes unintentional laughter since the performer is now unimaginable without head to toe sparkles of some kind.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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This movie is interesting, though it could have been made differently. It's still a good movie!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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There are certainly some interesting things about this later effort from director Otto Preminger, but the central characters are far more annoying than endearing, which makes the film an irritating chore to sit through as a whole.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Synopsis

Junie Moon (Liza Minnelli) is in the hospital, after her face has been disfigured by her deranged boyfriend. There she meets two other patients -- Arthur (Ken Howard), who has epilepsy but has been misdiagnosed as mentally retarded, and Warren (Robert Moore), who is gay and in a wheelchair. The unlikely trio of outcasts decide to move in together and manage to enjoy a series of adventures as they endure various forms of prejudice and struggle with their own issues.

Director: Otto Preminger
Producer: Otto Preminger
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 11, 1970, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 6, 2018
Runtime: 1h 52m

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