Review of The Hireling (1973) by Jeff B — 14 Jul 2009

AKA, Driving My Lady. This Palme D'Or winner stars Robert Shaw as a chauffeur who drives around an upper class widow (Sarah Miles) who has recently been released from a mental hospital. After many drives, Shaw talks with her, helps her adjust to the normal life, but he starts to become obsessed with her.

This film had some excellent moments, and Shaw and Miles are great, but there are moments that are just too slow and rather dull. It didn't help that the version I watched was really old and had bad sound, so I did have some trouble following some of the story.

But it gets better in the second half. It's a good film, but I felt it could have been much better.