A drab British kitchen sink drama that scored Leslie Caron the second of her two career Oscar nominations.
She plays a young pregnant woman who rents out a room in a boarding house and then falls for a fellow tenant. He throws her over when he finds out she's going to have a baby, and the majority of the dramatic tension in the film revolves around whether he'll eventually be a stand up guy or not.
Caron is okay, but I just don't think she was a great actress and she's not up to giving this character the nuance and spark that another, better actress could have. It's a pretty shocking film for its time, dealing frankly with topics like abortion and lesbianism unapologetically. But there's something missing from it that prevents it from being a really memorable drama.
Grade: B+
She plays a young pregnant woman who rents out a room in a boarding house and then falls for a fellow tenant. He throws her over when he finds out she's going to have a baby, and the majority of the dramatic tension in the film revolves around whether he'll eventually be a stand up guy or not.
Caron is okay, but I just don't think she was a great actress and she's not up to giving this character the nuance and spark that another, better actress could have. It's a pretty shocking film for its time, dealing frankly with topics like abortion and lesbianism unapologetically. But there's something missing from it that prevents it from being a really memorable drama.
Grade: B+