Bed Sitting Room

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Bed Sitting Room

PG-13,

1969,

1h 30m,

Comedy

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Among the ruins of a London devastated by nuclear war, the survivors ineffectually cling to increasingly meaningless social structures. While radioactivity randomly transforms various people into animals and inanimate objects, an absurd election for prime minister takes place. And the parents of Penelope (Rita Tushingham), a young woman who's been with child for nearly a year and a half, want her to marry a man with a promising future, though the fate of the world itself is rather dim.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Feb 9, 2019

Apocalyptic or prophetic cinema, whether it is in the form of science fiction or farce, demands more than picturesque sets and costumes and a decent, concerned sensibility.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Feb 9, 2019

2.5/4

All of the characters are mad, of course, but that's not the point; this isn't a heavy-handed anti-war parable, but a series of sketches that gradually grow more and more grim.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Feb 9, 2019

One of [Lester's] best efforts, a remarkably sharp and deadly satire.

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Arthur Ross

Los Angeles Free Press

Jan 8, 2020

The culmination of [Richard Lester's] career to date.

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

Feb 9, 2019

Anything goes, so in the long run nothing much goes, and we're left with actors scampering through charades whose import becomes vaguer with every wild-eyed hit or miss apparition.

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Rey R

Nov 22, 2018

i can see why people hated this movie... it was awful

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Richard Lester

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Synopsis

Among the ruins of a London devastated by nuclear war, the survivors ineffectually cling to increasingly meaningless social structures. While radioactivity randomly transforms various people into animals and inanimate objects, an absurd election for prime minister takes place. And the parents of Penelope (Rita Tushingham), a young woman who's been with child for nearly a year and a half, want her to marry a man with a promising future, though the fate of the world itself is rather dim.

Director: Richard Lester
Producer: Richard Lester
Screenwriter: John Antrobus
Production Co: Oscar Lewenstein Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 28, 1969, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 30m

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