Review of That Cold Day in the Park (1969) by Anna B — 25 Aug 2010
It's like watching a toddler taking his first few tentative steps. "That Cold Day in the Park" is glacial in its pacing, icy and sterile like a surgical theater. We rarely leave Sandy Dennis' upper class apartment, and soon we feel claustrophobic like her selectively mute houseguest.
The ending is spellbinding, unless you've already fallen asleep. Altman would apparently become a master filmmaker in the short timespan between this low-key effort and the epochal "M*A*S*H"; perhaps a healthy streak of anarchic humor was just what he needed to hit the ground running.
This review of That Cold Day in the Park (1969) was written by Anna B on 25 Aug 2010.
That Cold Day in the Park has generally received mixed reviews.
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