Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) by Matthew L — 03 Feb 2009
When I found out half way through that Nichols was a first time director, I was blown away. It looked like he'd been doing it for years. The way the camera moves around and a lot of the shots are just amazing.
The script is phenomenal in this. I would love to see the original play because it must be equally as great, but they really did a great adaptation for film and everything works really well here. My favorite part about this is Richard Burton's character.
The way he talks and he use of vocabulary is really unlike any other character I've seen. It seemed like every sentence out of his mouth was witty, smart, etc. etc. And Elizabeth Taylor was perfect too.
She evidently gained 30 pounds for the role, which is really amazing. Her fiery performance really fuels the film and is amazing to watch. The two supporting actors are also amazing. And I love it how everyone keeps mixing things up like history departments, biology departments, and even math departments.
This review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) was written by Matthew L on 03 Feb 2009.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has generally received very positive reviews.
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