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      The Liberation of L.B. Jones

      R Released Mar 18, 1970 1h 41m Drama List
      63% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 92% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score A wealthy undertaker seeks to engage a respected lawyer to represent him in a divorce action against his young wife. Read More Read Less

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      Richard Brody New Yorker The film is sufficiently confrontational, its incidents sufficiently agonizing and infuriating, to reflect back at viewers a frank, bitter, and outraged political diagnosis. May 22, 2020 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Unfortunately, not much more than a... sexploitation film. Jul 30, 2018 Full Review Neil Sinyard Sight & Sound Wyler sets up genre expectations of the liberal Hollywood movie that he then ruthlessly dismantles. Jul 30, 2018 Full Review Armond White National Review It’s a revelatory example of how post-Sixties Hollywood liberalism evolved. Apr 27, 2022 Full Review Diane Perry New Pittsburgh Courier Attempts to enlighten, educate, and inform, become bogged down in the rhetorical nonsense of a seemingly contrived situation, never justified, throughout the film, which leaves the viewer wondering if anyone involved is at all serious. Dec 13, 2021 Full Review Shelby Sankore Los Angeles Free Press This movie was long overdue. Consequently, it may not have the socially redeeming impact it would have had a decade ago - despite some superb acting, especially by Lee J. Cobb, Roscoe Lee Browne and Yaphet Kotto. Jan 15, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Not a bad time piece. Some may wince at the N word. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A wealthy undertaker seeks to engage a respected lawyer to represent him in a divorce action against his young wife.
      Director
      William Wyler
      Distributor
      Columbia Pictures
      Production Co
      Liberation Company
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 18, 1970, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 7, 2020
      Runtime
      1h 41m