The Pumpkin Eater Reviews

I don’t know if you have noticed but I tend to be really random with my movie watching. As a result, I have watched some really obscure movies and this movie definitely belonged to this group. In fact, I think I even missed something with this movie. I mean, by now, I have seen more than 5000 movies and I have watched pretty much everything from your average blockbusters to the artistic, poetic or philosophical movies but, for some reasons, I really didn’t get this movie at all. I mean, the directing was pretty good, Anne Bancroft was great but, seriously, what the hell was this all about??? Honestly, in spite of Bancroft’s impressive performance, I never really understood what was the deal with the main character so I can't say I really enjoyed it. On the other hand, I did watch the damned thing on the BBC without subtitles, so maybe, I really missed something but I doubt it and, in my opinion, it is easily one of the most opaque movies I have ever seen. To conclude, even though I didn’t really connect with this movie, I still think it is watch an interesting watch and it is actually worth a look, especially if you like the genre.