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David and Lisa

Play trailer Poster for David and Lisa 1962,  1h 34m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 85% 13 Reviews Tomatometer 79% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
85% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Teenager David Clemens (Keir Dullea) develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people, but David remains withdrawn from the other patients and his psychiatrist. Over time, however, David grows interested in 15-year-old Lisa (Janet Margolin), who suffers from multiple personalities -- one who can only speak in rhyme, and the other, a mute.

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TIME Staff TIME Magazine Oct 30, 2007
Deeply touching. Go to Full Review
Bosley Crowther New York Times May 10, 2005
4/5
[Frank Perry] has done a simple, commendable, sympathetic semi-documentary. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Jan 1, 2000
Probably not everything it was cracked up to be in 1963. Go to Full Review
Judith Crist New York Herald Tribune Aug 15, 2022
David and Lisa has something to say in its exploration of troubled adolescents, that it recognizes and probes the wounds of the mind and the heart and the power of love to penetrate even the most private of worlds. Go to Full Review
Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Oct 7, 2019
The result is a memorable debut for Eleanor Perry, who wrote the intelligent script, and for her husband Frank, who directed it with discretion and vitality. Go to Full Review
Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine Aug 9, 2019
David [and Lisa], for all its deficiencies (among which is not casting), is dramatic, it moves. Go to Full Review
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Jan 31, 2019 The best romance movie ever made!
Anakin R Mar 12, 2018 A touching and well balanced coming of age tale of two persons who have rather extreme needs. A shame Margolin isn't better known today, I guess she wasn't offered the right parts. See more
Albus M Feb 27, 2018 David and Lisa is an incredible film. It is about a young man in a mental institution for teens who begins to understand his psychosis. Keir Dullea and Janet Margolin give fantastic performances. The screenplay is well written. Frank Perry did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this movie because of the drama. David and Lisa is a must see. See more
Finn W Jan 8, 2018 Another lost rating flixster! A psychological drama asking the questions, "what is crazy?", "who determines who is crazy?", "is there accountability for those people?" See more
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Cast & Crew

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Frank Perry

Director

Keir Dullea

David Clemens

Janet Margolin

Lisa Brandt

Howard Da Silva

Dr. Swinford

Neva Patterson

Mrs. Clemens

Clifton James

John

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David and Lisa

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Movie Info

Synopsis Teenager David Clemens (Keir Dullea) develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people, but David remains withdrawn from the other patients and his psychiatrist. Over time, however, David grows interested in 15-year-old Lisa (Janet Margolin), who suffers from multiple personalities -- one who can only speak in rhyme, and the other, a mute.
Director
Frank Perry
Producer
Paul M. Heller
Screenwriter
Eleanor Perry
Distributor
Continental Distributing Inc.
Production Co
Vision Associates Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 26, 1962, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 16, 2018
Runtime
1h 34m
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