Period of Adjustment

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Period of Adjustment

1962,

1h 52m,

Comedy/

Drama

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67%

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100+ Ratings

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Veteran George Haverstick (Jim Hutton) meets nurse Isabel (Jane Fonda) while in hospital and soon marries her. However, Isabel is disappointed to learn that George drives a hearse and has booked them a dingy motel for their honeymoon, during which he falls asleep drunk. The next day, the couple visits George's friend Ralph (Tony Franciosa), who originally married Dorothea (Lois Nettleton) for money but now loves her. Dorothea wants to leave Ralph, and the Haversticks try to help him.

Brenda Davies

Sight & Sound

Mar 17, 2020

Adapted by Isobel Lennart and directed by George Roy Hill... Together they have composed a lead-in sequence which fulfils [Tennessee Williams's] intentions and neatly matches his wit.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Period of Adjustment is lower case Tennessee Williams, but it also illustrates that lower case Williams is superior to the upper case of most modern playwrights.

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Trevor Johnston

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

All in all, it's an appealing mix, even if the shifts in tone seem to unsettle cast and director alike. First-rate performances, though, especially from Fonda, as a wide-eyed Southern belle.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Apr 28, 2012

C

Based on Tennessee Williams first conscious effort to write a straight conventional comedy, this verbose screen version, starrig the young Janes Finda, is disappointingly directed by George Roy Hill.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jan 6, 2010

B+

It veered wonderfully between adult comedy and poignant tender moments.

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Susan Granger

www.susangranger.com

May 24, 2007

2/5

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Abraham G

Dec 29, 2017

This would be much better as an on-stage-screwball play, but it works out OK in this adaptation with Jane as the wide-eyed newlywed who's not getting those honeymoon surprises she was expecting.

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Hermione P

Dec 1, 2017

all they do is yell thru the whole thing so boring

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George Roy Hill

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Anthony Franciosa

Ralph Baitz

Jane Fonda

Isabel Haverstick

Jim Hutton

George Haverstick

Lois Nettleton

Dorothea Baitz

John McGiver

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Synopsis

Veteran George Haverstick (Jim Hutton) meets nurse Isabel (Jane Fonda) while in hospital and soon marries her. However, Isabel is disappointed to learn that George drives a hearse and has booked them a dingy motel for their honeymoon, during which he falls asleep drunk. The next day, the couple visits George's friend Ralph (Tony Franciosa), who originally married Dorothea (Lois Nettleton) for money but now loves her. Dorothea wants to leave Ralph, and the Haversticks try to help him.

Director: George Roy Hill
Producer: Lawrence Weingarten
Screenwriter: Isobel Lennart
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Marten Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 31, 1962, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 52m

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