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      You'll Like My Mother

      PG 1972 1h 33m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 86% Audience Score 50+ Ratings When her husband is killed in Vietnam, Francesca Kinsolving (Patty Duke) finds herself pregnant and alone. She resolves to visit her in-laws in Minnesota, believing, based on her late husband's assurances, that she'll be welcomed there. Instead, she finds Mrs. Kinsolving (Rosemary Murphy) a dreadful curmudgeon who won't even admit that her son married. Shaken but not scared off, Francesca sticks around and discovers she may be entitled to the family fortune. Read More Read Less

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      Matt Brunson Creative Loafing The film scores as an effective thriller. Rated: 3/4 May 14, 2016 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed A mostly flat thriller with a lot of the attempted suspense lost in translation. May 12, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Saw this as a kid and was very good and scary! Want to see it again!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/06/21 Full Review Audience Member Good psychological twist story. No surprise to strong performance by Patty Duke and rest of cast. Beautiful location (Minnesota, mansion, etc.) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Saw this movie years ago and still remember it. A great nail biter, what a "thriller" is all about! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Patty Duke is fabulous Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Shot at the Congdon Mansion in Duluth Minnesota, the site of the real Congdon murders, on the north shore of Lake Superior. The movie is a real chiller and great to watch on a dark stormy night. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Very creeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy........ Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis When her husband is killed in Vietnam, Francesca Kinsolving (Patty Duke) finds herself pregnant and alone. She resolves to visit her in-laws in Minnesota, believing, based on her late husband's assurances, that she'll be welcomed there. Instead, she finds Mrs. Kinsolving (Rosemary Murphy) a dreadful curmudgeon who won't even admit that her son married. Shaken but not scared off, Francesca sticks around and discovers she may be entitled to the family fortune.
      Director
      Lamont Johnson
      Producer
      Charles A. Pratt
      Screenwriter
      Jo Heims
      Production Co
      Universal/Universal Int
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      May 10, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 33m