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Title: Avert Your Ears
Review: Despite the Oscar nominations and Golden Globe wins, THE BAD SEED has not aged all that well. It was adapted from a Broadway play taken from a best-selling novel that remains largely stage-bound with lots of expository material left to reveal plot and character. The acting honors are well-deserved, especially young Patty McCormack as the murderous brat but Nancy Kelly's raspy whine is hard to take, inevitably reaching a near-howl as the story unfolds. Just when I was ready to hit the 'stop' button, the grieving, drunken mom played marvelously with a tinge of humor by Eileen Heckart showed up--twice--thank goodness. Does anyone see a potential tv sitcom here?
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