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| Warner Bros./Seven Arts | Release Date: August 26, 1968 |
Starring:
Bernard Barrow, Donald Moffat, Estelle Parsons, Frank Corsaro, Geraldine Fitzgerald, James Olson, Joanne Woodward, Kate Harrington, Nell Potts, Terry Kiser
Summary:
Rachel is a lonely school teacher who lives with her mother. When a man from the big city asks her out, she starts thinking about where she wants her life to go.
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Newman's direction is quiet and unfussy, and the film's plainness only enhances its clarity, but he also makes room for some unexpected humor and (in Rachel's death-haunted reveries) touches of macabre poetry. No less than Newman, Woodward resists melodrama at every turn, and she makes a familiar character more complicated than first impressions suggest. [15 Feb 2009, p.E10]
Rachel, Rachel is a low-key melodrama starring Joanne Woodward as a spinster awakening to life. Produced austerely by Paul Newman, who also directs with an uncertain hand, it marks Newman's feature debut in these non-acting capacities. Offbeat film moves too slowly to an upbeat, ironic climax.
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