Faces Distribution | Release Date: December 25, 1977 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Robert Martin
Cassavetes' latest film, Opening Night, tries to deal with aging, a problem of genuine importance to an increasing proportion of the population but the movie ends up floundering and finally sinking beneath its own weight. [23 Dec 1977]
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It could be the basis of a genuinely interesting drama, for stage or screen, about conjugal relations in the theater. Obviously. John Cassavetes is the last person in the world likely to perceive or write that drama. [15 Apr 1978, p.C9]