Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) by Ethan R — 25 Jan 2014

An intriguing and brilliantly constructed character study, an amazing directorial debut, and one of my new favorites.

This review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) was written by Ethan R on 25 Jan 2014.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

By Bob W (910) on 24 Jun 2014

Edward Albee's words are magnificent for the silver screen, but it is the performances from Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton that truly…

Read Review

Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

By Mandela W (82) on 14 Mar 2016

So Who's afraid of Virginia woolf is a highly charged maritial drama that actually really impressed me as I did not think I was going to like…

Read Review

Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 12 May 2016

[Haskell Wexler's] camera work is highly expressive, using odd angles, unusual close-ups, and handheld shots to mirror the out-of-kilter nature…

Read Review

Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

By Dan L (903) on 31 Jul 2017

So, I saw a telecast London production of this 3.5 hour shout fest…

Read Review

Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

By Nathanael Hood (305) for The Retro Set (82) on 28 Dec 2018

One of the defining American films of the 1960s…

Read Review

Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

By Knox M (462) on 07 Jul 2017

One of the greatest films of all time, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? is so good a 5 star rating can't do it full justice…

Read Review

Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 18 Sep 2016

What Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh did for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, Burton and Taylor do for Albee’s Who’s Afraid…

Read Review

Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

By Filipe C (248) on 03 Jan 2016

Powered by extreme verbal nastiness and a taste for the visceral, Virginia Woolf truly is an uncomfortable and terrifying cinematic experience,…

Read Review

Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

By Jenna G (1,046) on 15 Apr 2016

Damn, this is difficult to watch. Taylor is unbelievable. Probably one of the all time great movie performances…

Read Review

Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

By Brandon S (2,121) on 01 Apr 2017

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf....umm, well I am, kind of. I dont know why I like this movie a lot but I do…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Biloxi Blues (1988)

By Kit R (22) on 06 Nov 2007

Maybe it was a good movie, but the fact that no one did their research and no one can pronounce biloxi correctly in this movie makes me rate…

Read Review

Review of Dark Streets (2008)

By Josh Rosenblatt (154) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 26 Jul 2009

Let no one ever say that Dark Streets doesn't have the perfect title…

Read Review

Review of Strike! (1998)

By Steve S (3,182) on 12 Nov 2014

Due to the recent RT changes that have basically ruined my past reviews, I am mostly only giving a rating rather than a full review.…

Read Review

Review of Applause (2009)

By Henning J (13) on 15 Sep 2011

Kan kun anbefales hvis du er super Paprika fan !! Er filmet I dogme stil - TrÃ¦ls Er meget deprimerende…

Read Review

Review of Hour of the Wolf (1968)

By Charles P (1,784) on 30 Jan 2015

Bergman has more uninteresting and featureless films from the early stage of his career, but this is his pointless and worst…

Read Review

Review of Lonely Hearts (1970)

By Danny D (678) on 18 Nov 2011

I thought to be extremely boring…

Read Review

Review of The Bishop's Wife (1947)

By Paul S (1,717) on 31 Dec 2017

The movie has some redeemable dialog such as this quote by James Gleason: The main trouble is there are too many people who don't know where…

Read Review

Review of Nightmare Alley (1947)

By Pauline Kael (368) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 17 Feb 2015

Despite some fine and intense acting by Mr…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966

80%638 Reviews

Doom

2005

45%907 Reviews

The Way He Looks

2014

79%147 Reviews

Every Little Step

2008

76%172 Reviews

Vera Drake

2004

77%443 Reviews

Charlotte Gray

2001

61%194 Reviews

Cleanskin

2012

61%163 Reviews

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

1992

67%484 Reviews

Felidae

1994

73%45 Reviews

Miami Vice

2006

57%810 Reviews