Darling
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Movie Reviews of Darling
Movie Review: Julie Christie saves this drab film.
Summary: 3 Stars
Darling starring Julie Christie in her Oscar-winning role is a good movie but nothing worth viewing again. Christie definitely deserved the Oscar for her performance as shallow but intriguing Diana Scott, she was quite a beauty back then. The plot is a bit contrived and the film drags too much, making this film too long. The only reason to watch Darling is for the strong acting but otherwise than that, Darling is pretty much forgettable.Movie Review: Darling
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this movie because I couldn't find it to rent and I wanted to see it. I was amazed at how it has stood the test of time. Besides the great performance Julie Christie gives in this movie, Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey were wonderful too! I'd recommend this to anyone who wants a picture of the Swinging Sixties in London.Movie Review: Was she really darling?
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie was a good example of what was swinging at the time but not great. I saw Shampoo at the same time, oh my. Worth seeing however.Movie Review: Great transfer 2 Stars
MGM's new release of DARLING looks beautiful and more pristine than the Criterion Collection's laserdisc edition from 1995. There are no features aside from the (very dated) trailer; commentary from Christie would have been a welcome feature and made this a great one for your collection. The greatest disappointment is in the brief editing within the Parisian brothel sequence: the standard VHS tape that had been floating around for years omitted Christie's nude scene, a couple of shots hinting at oral sex between she and Laurence Harvey, and the brothel sequence. The DVD keeps almost everything in tact except a shot of a man rushing into a room to 'perform' with his cigarette smoking female partner. What you're left watching is a close-up of Julie Christie's shocked face as she stares at a woman smoking. The impact of the scene is gone. Now, the only version of DARLING that is fully intact is the laserdisc from Criterion and late-night showings on TCM. What gives MGM? Are they afraid viewers might not be able to handle such 'shocking' material?Movie Review: Don't censor the classics
Summary: 2 Stars
I was about to give this a 5 star review because it is one of two movies that changed my life (La Dolce Vita the other) when I was in my late teens. Frederic Raphael who wrote this along with the great TV series The Glittering Prizes (run don't walk to buy this with Tom Conti) wrote this based on the "lovies" whom he knew in school and Julie Christie's scenes with Dirk Bogarde (truly one of the most underrated actors of all time.....buy Pinter's The Servant and see what great acting is truly like) and with Laurence Harvey (not a great actor but a good one and a great type) are priceless. But to hear that this movies is not the original cut is depressing and so wait until Criterion comes out with the "real/reel" version
Patrick Cronin