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The Fox

Play trailer Poster for The Fox PG,  1968,  1h 50m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 71% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 45% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
71% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 45% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Headstrong Ellen (Anne Heywood) and her more demure lesbian lover, Jill (Sandy Dennis), pass their time together on an isolated farm in backwoods Canada. While Jill longs for nothing more than their life together, Ellen is becoming discontented with their relationship. The farm's former owner's grandson, Paul (Keir Dullea), arrives unannounced and asks to spend the rest of his leave from the Merchant Marines living and working on the farm. But Ellen's attraction to him could be disastrous.

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Myles Standish St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 1, 2024
A sensitive, moody and absorbing drama full of psychological nuances. Go to Full Review
Pauline Kael The New Yorker Jul 6, 2022
The central problem of The Fox as a movie is the problem of adaptation. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times May 8, 2013
4/4
A quiet, powerful masterpiece. Go to Full Review
Barbara Grier The Ladder Apr 14, 2022
The acting is superb, as is the photography. The handling of all of the various “controversial” scenes tends to be poignant rather than sensational. The voyeurs will be disappointed, but the lovers will rejoice. Go to Full Review
Manny Farber Artforum Jun 17, 2019
...always in a middle area between decorum and sensationalism: a rough-stuff movie dished up in the most insipid, uniform, up-tight manner. The movie has the piddling, top-of-a-cookie-tin look of a painting over a motel bed. Go to Full Review
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Feb 1, 2019 The best romance movie ever made!
Ron G Aug 31, 2018 Only Heywood seems suited to her complex role. And even her competent performance is wasted in the haze of the film's self-consciousness. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Mark Rydell

Director

Sandy Dennis

Jill Banford

Keir Dullea

Paul Renfield

Anne Heywood

Ellen March

Glyn Morris

Overstreet

Raymond Stross

Producer

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Movie Info

Synopsis Headstrong Ellen (Anne Heywood) and her more demure lesbian lover, Jill (Sandy Dennis), pass their time together on an isolated farm in backwoods Canada. While Jill longs for nothing more than their life together, Ellen is becoming discontented with their relationship. The farm's former owner's grandson, Paul (Keir Dullea), arrives unannounced and asks to spend the rest of his leave from the Merchant Marines living and working on the farm. But Ellen's attraction to him could be disastrous.
Director
Mark Rydell
Producer
Raymond Stross
Distributor
Claridge Pictures
Production Co
Motion Pictures International
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 7, 1968, Original
Runtime
1h 50m
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