The Group

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The Group

1966,

2h 30m,

Drama/

LGBTQ+

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75%

8 Reviews

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59%

250+ Ratings

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8 Reviews

59%

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250+ Ratings

Eight young women from the Vassar College class of 1933 rush out into the world to find exciting lives, but discover nothing is quite as they dreamed. Rather than blazing trails in art, science and literature, the friends are each variously burdened with disappointing relationships, children, aging parents and unemployment. Kay Strong, the center of the group, gradually loses faith in the promise of their lives and, as war approaches, becomes unhinged.

Rosalie Kicks

MovieJawn

Jun 19, 2024

4/4

This would pair wonderfully with Women Talking and I highly recommend seeking this one out.

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Pauline Kael

McCall's

Sep 20, 2023

When the [film] slows down for the sequences involving just a couple of people, something very touching and almost beautiful happens. For those moments — and there are several of them — The Group is more interesting than almost any recent American movie.

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Leo Ebreo (Leo Skir)

The Ladder

Jun 29, 2021

The film presents not only a more realistic but a more sympathetic portrait of a lesbian. Many thanks indeed to to skillful Candice Bergen for her tender, human interpretation of Lakey.

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Jesús Fernández Santos

El Pais (Spain)

Jul 17, 2019

Sidney Lumet's film is a rushed whirlwind offered to us in an unimaginative way. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Wendy Michener

Maclean's Magazine

Jul 16, 2019

This all-female society emerges simply as sinister; Lumet never shows why the expectations of these women are so tragically unfulfilled. Either he just doesn't understand or else The Group is one big put-down of women's colleges.

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Sarah Boslaugh

TheArtsStl

Feb 13, 2019

6/10

By modern standards, however, the persistently shocking aspect of this film is the horrid treatment of most of the female characters by a remarkable proportion of the male characters...

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Synopsis

Eight young women from the Vassar College class of 1933 rush out into the world to find exciting lives, but discover nothing is quite as they dreamed. Rather than blazing trails in art, science and literature, the friends are each variously burdened with disappointing relationships, children, aging parents and unemployment. Kay Strong, the center of the group, gradually loses faith in the promise of their lives and, as war approaches, becomes unhinged.

Director: Sidney Lumet
Producer: Sidney Buchman
Screenwriter: Sidney Buchman
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Famartists Productions S.A., Famous Artists Productions
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 4, 1966, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 2h 30m

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