Georgy Girl
1966, NR, 100 min.
Directed by Silvio Narissano, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring James Mason, Alan Bates, Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling.

You know the song, now discover the movie. This British movie is very much a product of its times. Lynn Redgrave has the role of her lifetime as an ugly duckling who lacks self-worth. Her bitchy roommate, however, has it in spades as she hogs the bedroom, gets pregnant, and marries the wrong man.

This article appears in July 7 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.