Rachel, Rachel

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Rachel, Rachel

R,

1968,

1h 41m,

Drama

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92%

12 Reviews

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77%

500+ Ratings

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77%

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500+ Ratings

Written off as a spinster, 35-year-old schoolteacher Rachel Cameron (Joanne Woodward) lives with her widowed mother above a funeral parlor in rural Connecticut. Repressed by the community and given to despondency, Rachel spends her time daydreaming, buoyed by her lesbian best friend, Calla (Estelle Parsons). A religious experience begins a subtle awakening in Rachel, and when a childhood friend returns to town for his father's funeral, she experiences real, driving passion.

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Sabina Dana Plasse

Film Threat

May 19, 2023

8/10

The film’s moment in time is one of note, especially as a story that grows from the inside out.

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Sean Burns

Crooked Marquee

Apr 26, 2023

It’s a low-key character study tuned to Woodward’s exquisite performance, one of the decade’s finest.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Sep 11, 2022

3.5/4

This modest movie might be low of budget, but it's enormous in its emotional pull.

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Barbara Grier

The Ladder

Apr 14, 2022

This is a small movie, despite its success, and many won't bother to see it, but it is a well-done film, using all of the potential human material in the original source, the novel, and exploiting it without distorting it much.

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Michael Billington

Birmingham Post

Mar 4, 2022

As a portrait of a character and a certain type of small-town society, the film is admirable. But, if you're not convinced already, then go and see the film for the sake of Miss Woodward's performance.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Mar 6, 2009

Woodward carries everything with her faultless performance.

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Paul Newman

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Joanne Woodward

Rachel Cameron

James Olson

Nick Kazlik

Kate Harrington

Mrs. Cameron

Estelle Parsons

Calla Mackie

Donald Moffat

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Synopsis

Written off as a spinster, 35-year-old schoolteacher Rachel Cameron (Joanne Woodward) lives with her widowed mother above a funeral parlor in rural Connecticut. Repressed by the community and given to despondency, Rachel spends her time daydreaming, buoyed by her lesbian best friend, Calla (Estelle Parsons). A religious experience begins a subtle awakening in Rachel, and when a childhood friend returns to town for his father's funeral, she experiences real, driving passion.

Director: Paul Newman
Producer: Paul Newman
Screenwriter: Stewart Stern
Distributor: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Production Co: Kayos Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 26, 1968, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 41m

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