Just like a Woman (1967 film)

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Just Like a Woman
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Directed by Robert Fuest
Written byRobert Fuest
Produced by Bob Kellett (as Robert Kellett)
Starring Wendy Craig
Francis Matthews
John Wood
Cinematography Billy Williams
Edited byJack Slade
Music byKenny Napper
Production
company
Dormar Productions Limited
Distributed by Monarch Film Corporation (UK)
Release date
  • 26 February 1967 (1967-02-26)(UK)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Just like a Woman is a 1967 British comedy film written and directed by Robert Fuest and starring Wendy Craig, Francis Matthews, John Wood, Dennis Price and Clive Dunn. [1] A wealthy couple working in the entertainment industry decide to separate, but soon begin to miss each other.

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Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Another attempt, more laborious than most, to catch the style and insouciance of de Broca and the like. Few of the guest appearances escape an incongruity between timeworn personality routines and all the nouvelle vague trappings, though Miriam Karlin is pleasingly astringent as the hero's secretary. It's the archness of the thing that really appals, however." [2]

In the Radio Times , David Parkinson wrote, "Craig here reveals the comic flair that enabled her to become the epitome of scatty domesticity in sitcoms like Not in Front of the Children and Butterflies . Fuest's script strives too hard to be offbeat, however, notably in the creation of a goose-stepping interior designer." [3]

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References

  1. "Just like a Woman". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. "Just like a Woman". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 34 (396): 45. 1 January 1967 via ProQuest.
  3. David Parkinson. "Just like a Woman". RadioTimes.