Review of The Pumpkin Eater (1964) by Christopher W — 05 Mar 2009

I came upon this movie on late night t.v. a few years back. I really love Anne Bancroft and I think that she is overlooked as a great actress. This film is a wonderful study of a marriage in trouble and Ms.

Bancroft and Peter Finch are so believable as lovers and as a married couple that I wondered why I had never even heard of the film before. Anne Bancroft is able to the convey heartbreaking loneliness that you just want to cry or help her in some way.

I enjoyed this film because it kept engaged in the lives of these two characters.