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Petulia
Directed by
Richard Lester
1968
1h 45m
R
Drama
,
Romance
6.9
86%
80%
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An unhappily married socialite finds solace in the company of a recently divorced doctor.
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Cast of Petulia
Julie Christie
Petulia Danner
George C. Scott
Dr. Archie Bollen
Richard Chamberlain
Dave Danner
Arthur Hill
Barney
Shirley Knight
Polo
Pippa Scott
May
Kathleen Widdoes
Wilma
Richard Dysart
Motel Receptionist
Ruth Kobart
Nun
Roger Bowen
Warren
Joseph Cotten
Mr. Danner
Austin Pendleton
Intern (uncredited)
Ellen Geer
Nun
Howard Hesseman
Hippie (uncredited)
Janis Joplin
Herself (uncredited)
René Auberjonois
Fred Six (uncredited)
Peter Bonerz
Self (uncredited)
Barbara Bosson
Self (uncredited)
Kathryn Ish
Self (uncredited)
Josephine Nichols
Neighbor (uncredited)
Richard Stahl
Self (uncredited)
Mel Stewart
Supermarket Clerk (uncredited)
Petulia Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It is the coldest, cruelest film I can remember, and one of the most intellectual... It is lifeless, heartless bloodless, the expression of Lester's abstract thought about the American way of life. And it is terribly effective.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Innovative in narrative and style, Lester's dissection of mores and manners through marriages and affairs captures vividly the zeitgeist of the Summer of Love and the violent Vietnam War with brilliant turns from Julie Christie and George C. Scott.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Steve Crum
Julie Christie in her Oscar role + Richard Lester direction. Enough said.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Curious one-shot US film in the midst of Lester's British period
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
I thought this film was more claptrap than anything else.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Judith Crist
All is location, all is mod mood and the disappointment is bitter.
Film.com
Mark Bourne
...an anti-The Graduate ... an essential film from and about America in the dying days of the '60s, yet the modernism of its style and ambitions makes Petulia impressively ahead of that time.
New York Times
Renata Adler
Petulia is a strange, lovely, nervous little film, very jaggedly cut (by Richard Lester, who also directed Help! and How I Won the War) so that the parts don't quite match and the plot is almost scattered through.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Jack-rabbiting technique embodies foreboding and dissonance rather than gimmicky whimsy
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Petulia lives on with its vague curiosity and a genuine emotional sting.
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