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Red T 09/18/2023 The acting is ok. Caine is probably the most decent and consistent thing in this but even he at times just isn't that interesting. Taylor is the main flaw that holds this back. It feels like she isn't even playing a character, and is just letting her ego run rampant and out of control in this in long tirades which I get is her character at the same time but she isn't likeable at all. Everyone else is just ok and none of the characters are that likeable. The cineamtography is ok enough also. The settings are nice enough but the camerawork is so basic and the characters don't have enough chemistry or tension ever that makes it worth it. It's clear Brian Hutton didn't know how to do dramas as well as action/war. the music is also just ok and so is the editing. The real flaw is the subpar pacing. This feels like every other scene it drags on longer than needed in long conversations that feel more like rambling than anything constructive. The music is very bizarre in this with weird rock music that I guess is ok enough but it is so weird. It doesn't get used a lot either and makes this have a very dry feeling most of the ime because the acting isn't strong enough on its own. The ending doesn't really make much sense, and the climax honestly should've been the first or second scene in the film. This really just meanders a long for the most part and doesn't feel like this should've been a major movie but a Lifetime/TV film plot instead. Unless your a super hardcore Caine fan skip this. See more 04/05/2020 Love these actresses !! See more 01/30/2018 One of those follies that everyone involved (especially writer Edna O'Brien) must look back on with cringing embarrassment. See more 02/07/2014 Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Caine are an insufferable couple in this British mashup of "Carnal Knowledge" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" Caine and Taylor are a couple in a broken marriage when attractive widow Susannah York enters the scene and brings underlying issues between the married couple to ahead. It's not an awful film and it does have a certain trashy appeal, but all of the characters are so unlikable that it's hard to really care what happens to any of them. Brian G. Hutton directed the film and looking at IMDB, apparently Richard O'Brien (Riff Raff from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") had an uncredited role as a party guest. See more 01/31/2014 Middling drama that doesn't really take advantage of its trio of stars. Liz is stuck in harridan mode again. See more 01/30/2014 good performances all around though the plot is the old love triangle See more Read all reviews

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