An upbeat and offbeat comedy, GEORGY GIRL is a whimsical look at love, featuring great performances by James Mason, Alan Bates and Lynn Redgrave.
Warm, winning and fun-loving Georgy (Redgrave) doesn't fit into the swinging London social scene, but yarns for a traditional life and traditional romance. She shares rooms with the sultry, moody Meredith (Charlotte Rampling), who lives for the moment and the next available man. Currently, that man is Jos (Bates). When Meredith and Jos have a baby, Meredith is indifferent, but Georgy is thrilled and winds up taking care of the baby. Now, radiant with motherly feelings, Georgy suddenly becomes the object of desire of a wealthy widower (Manson) - and Jos!


viewer's comments:

- See this along with "Help!"
This is the definitive mod '60s movie. 'Nuff said.

And if you ever wondered who Lynn Redgrave was (some relation to Vanessa Redgrave), well: this is a good place to start. (Not to mention those other guys, Alan Bates and James Mason, who also happen to be in this movie.)

Georgy is a cute fast girl who gets knocked up by one guy and is loved by another guy. Don't worry about the plot. It's the mood, the atmosphere, the times. This is early Swinging London, and it's all about that.

See also for example The Prisoner and The Avengers for a campier version of those days (and for a campier look back at this campier version, the Austin Powers movies).

But if Austin Powers is the Hudson River, then Georgy Girl is the little spring at the top of the mountain that eventually feeds into the mountain river that feeds into the reservoir that feeds into the tributary that feeds into the Hudson River. This movie is the real deal, where it all started.

So go see it, and enjoy!


- one-in-all: my top-teen favourite film
just yesterday i saw the Shine, also starring lynn redgrave, and its was like a deja-vu, remarkably how two film, with a timespan of 30 years can strike the same cord in me, and moreovit including the ever lovable Lynn(lightning in danish)Redgrave. Say no more. But see them both.


- I think Freud would have something to say about this...

One lazy summer's day I watched this movie on the telly. Now I own it and always want to watch it. Alan Bates is the best actor for the part of complex Jos and Redgrave is superb. I enjoy the fact that a girl does not have to be a slut or look like one to "get the guy." James Mason is funny as hell and makes me wonder if there are men like him in the world in reality. A classic, a tear-jerker and a good laugh at the comedic timings.

I also reccommend reading the book by Margaret Forster to get inside Georgy's head better. "In Celebration" is another great film with Alan Bates.



- One of my personal cult movies
Reviews seem to miss the real theme of this film, which is about the voyage of self-discovery of a person who feels out of sync with her world and tries to define, or redefine, her own true self. This theme has a strange attraction for me -- I identify with Georgy's search, I think, because of my own feelings of misalignment with the world or alienation. Unfortunately, as a male, it seems that the principal characters in films addressing this theme with sensitivity are invariably women. Perhaps in our society men are expected not to have such uncertainties about themselves or to suppress them, so no films are made. Two other films I enjoyed because of their similar themes are "Muriel's Wedding" and "Thelma and Louise". If you like, you can tell me I'm reading far more into this film than was ever intended, reminiscent of Mark Twain's famous warning. But you won't convince me! Alan



- Fine drama with comical overtones
Alan Bates' eccentric performance outshines in this interesting and whimsical film. It is certainly an odd mix of drama and comedy as Bates never seems to act seriously around what essentially is a perverse story with cutting moments, particularly Charlotte Rampling's performance in the hospital after her baby is born. Redgrave is perfect as the dowdy and shy Georgie - like her description in the book, she appears plain but strangely attractive. Mason again appears as the downtrodden anti-hero, never quite getting what he wants at the end of the film - in this respect he always seems typecast. There's always something I like about these B/W 1960's films with their gritty London location filming and this one is no exception.



Complete credited cast:
James Mason .... James Leamington
Alan Bates .... Jos Jones
Lynn Redgrave .... Georgy
Charlotte Rampling .... Meredith
Bill Owen .... Ted
Clare Kelly .... Doris
Rachel Kempson .... Ellen Leamington
Denise Coffey .... Peg
Peggy Thorpe-Bates .... Hospital Sister
Dandy Nichols .... Hospital Nurse
Dorothy Alison .... Health Visitor
Terence Soall .... Salesman
Jolyan Booth .... Registry Office Clerk


Runtime: 99 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Black and White


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