An upbeat and offbeat comedy, Georgy Girl is a whimsical look at love, featuring great performances by James Mason, Alan Bates and Lynn Redgrave. Warm, winning and fun-loving Georgy (Redgrave) doesn't like to fit into the swinging London social scene, but yearns for a traditional life and traditional romance. She rooms with the sultry, moody Meredith (Charlotte Rampling), who lives for the moment and the next available man. Currently, that man is Joe (Bates). When Meredith and Joe have a baby, Meredith is indifferent, but Georgy is thrilled and winds up taking care of the baby. Now, radiant with motherly feelings, Georgy suddenly becomes the object of desire of a wealthy widower (Mason) and - Joe! Nominated for four 1966 Academy Awards®, Archer Winston of the New York Post called Georgy Girl "One of the rare great, wild memorable pictures!"
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Perhaps the most striking feature of this strikingly different film is the moral ambiguity of all its characters. While contemporary cinema seems mired in simple distinctions between good and evil, Georgy Girl presents an odd assortment of losers and users who live in a world without an absolute ethical center. Lynn Redgrave stars as the homely girl who takes on the role of mother to her beautiful roommate's unwanted baby. With her father's employer trying to take her on as a mistress and her roommate's husband taking her on as an easy lover, Redgrave's Georgy navigates the narrows between prostitution and purity as she tries to hang on to the baby she has grown to love. Worth viewing for the seamless performances and the complex understanding of ethical interaction. --James DiGiovanna
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A dowdy British lass overcomes her physical and social liabilities with a spunky joie de vivre and overall sassy attitude. Even when strapped with the responsibility of raising her roommate's unwanted child, Georgy is rescued by a marriage to a handsome and wealthy widower who is captivated by her plucky charm. A modern Cinderella story for plain-Janes everywhere.
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