Review of Rachel, Rachel (1968) by Greg S — 18 Jan 2011
This film is a treat on many levels. It's intimately directed by Paul Newman with his real life wife Joanne Woodward in the lead of Rachel. This was quite avant-garde for the 1960s and on the cutting edge.
Woodward plays a 35 year old woman who still lives with her controlling mother on the second floor of the funeral home her now deceased father once owned. She is an elementary school teacher who longs for something more in her dull and unfulfilled life.
Her only real friend (another teacher) is a fractured friendship in and of itself (without giving too much away) and we are along with her in her uncomfortableness with new relationships of any type; but we are rooting for her and there is enough of Rachel in all of us to be sympathetic toward her feelings.
Newman directs this beautifully and his camera work is up and close just as the story itself is. Woodward's performance is perfection. I would highly recommend, and I do feel it holds up even today.
This review of Rachel, Rachel (1968) was written by Greg S on 18 Jan 2011.
Rachel, Rachel has generally received positive reviews.
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