03-24-2016, 06:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2016, 10:25 AM by Vultural. Edited 1 time in total.)
The Happy Ending - 1969 - 7/10
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Surprisingly biting womanâs film follows stifled wife (Jean Simmons) of successful attorney (John Forsythe).
Opportunities that are opening for young females are unavailable to her generation.
Work is not an option. Shopping is, as is bitching at the salon or spa. And numbing house parties.
Sixteen years into marriage, she drinks, pops pills, loses herself.
Multiple timelines interweave flashbacks, present, future. Deliberately confusing to mirror the character.
Great cast, especially in Nassau, includes Shirley Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Bobby Darin.
Song âWhat Are You Doing With The Rest Of Your Life?" is evocative.
Opening sequence of Simmons & Forsythe as 20 somethings - completely false.
Simmons also looks older than Jones, though they were supposedly classmates.
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Despite this being a woman's story, I know numerous souls like her.
Most are retired or laid off (permanently). They have become adrift.
Boredom, narcotics.
[Image: 6ozhj5.png]
Surprisingly biting womanâs film follows stifled wife (Jean Simmons) of successful attorney (John Forsythe).
Opportunities that are opening for young females are unavailable to her generation.
Work is not an option. Shopping is, as is bitching at the salon or spa. And numbing house parties.
Sixteen years into marriage, she drinks, pops pills, loses herself.
Multiple timelines interweave flashbacks, present, future. Deliberately confusing to mirror the character.
Great cast, especially in Nassau, includes Shirley Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Bobby Darin.
Song âWhat Are You Doing With The Rest Of Your Life?" is evocative.
Opening sequence of Simmons & Forsythe as 20 somethings - completely false.
Simmons also looks older than Jones, though they were supposedly classmates.
[Image: 5kkm5y.png]
Despite this being a woman's story, I know numerous souls like her.
Most are retired or laid off (permanently). They have become adrift.
Boredom, narcotics.
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