Directed by Mike Nichols
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman
Based on the play by Edward Albee
Stars: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, George Segal, and Sandy Dennis
For the longest time, I didn't understand the title of this movie. The characters are afraid of an English writer that drowned herself? Nope. This is not that.
In the middle of the night, older married couple, George and Martha (Burton, Taylor) come back from a house party. They want to party to continue. A younger married couple, Nick and Honey (Segal, Dennis) arrives and the get together descends into madness.
There is a thing that I have with play being turned into movies. The structure of the movie doesn't feel cinematic. It feels like a pro shot of a play. Sometimes this felt like a play. That will probably be the only ding that I will have against it.
The performances were fantastic across the board. Burton and Taylor were the powerhouses here. I give them all the props to taking Albee's material and encompass it.
Rating: 9/10
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