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Title: Very dated, but it has its moments
Review: Attitudes have changed quite a bit since 1973. Anyone born after 1980 will have trouble deciphering this film's severely dated sexual politics. But it is still worth watching, if only for Glenda Jackson's spot-on performance. She infuses the limp dialogue with brio and charm; she is alternately fiery and vulnerable, and she steals every scene. Jackson beat out Ellen Burstyn for the Oscar, apparently because the academy was too freaked out by THE EXORCIST to seriously consider it as a contender. Time has provided the appropriate corrective; this film is virtually forgotten, while THE EXORCIST is still scaring the pants off of people. Give it a whirl, see what you think.
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