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the audience applauded

I'll tell you why so serious

Fantastic!

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

I saw this movie recently and realized I missed one of the most underrated shows of the 1960's. It was also a pleasure to see the talents of Allan Bates, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason and Lynn Redgrave together, with the backdrop of London in a time of change. I found Lynn Redgrave's performance was outstanding in the role of a likable girl we can all relate to: a diamond in the rough who cannot find romance because she isn't glamorous. Yet she has huge talent and interacts amazingly well in the scenes with the small children in her charge. Some of these scenes are absolutely delightful. Then there is the scene where she pops out of the background and does and solo performance for guests at a party. What an amazing talent! Charlotte Rampling was the opposite of Georgy--beautiful, popular, flitting around from party to party and yet, unhappy. She got along well with the stay at home Georgy and the two opposites were good friends. Allan Bates, as boyfriend to both, was superb in his role as a decent young man whose energy is totally out of control. Rampling and Bates represent the restless youth of the sixties and issues related to abortion, sex, and the conflict with London society. James Mason was his usual, restrained self, a pillar of the London scene, yet sexually frustrated and essentially unhappy. He thought he found a fix for his malaise in Georgy. But Georgy knew her own mind and was more than a match for the older man. Some loose ends are left untied and the movie does come to a surprising conclusion. All in all, fine entertainment and a movie that shows the currents of change in the 1960's.

In swinging sixties London, big unattractive Lynn Redgrave (as Georgina "Georgy" Parkin) has a surprise courtship with amorous young Alan Bates (as Jos Jones). Complicating matters is sexually charged Charlotte Rampling (as Meredith Montgomery), a friend and roommate of both. Their household becomes larger when Ms. Rampling decides not to terminate her third pregnancy by Mr. Bates. Meanwhile, Ms. Redgrave is also courted by older millionaire James Mason (as James Leamington). After much cavorting, we reach an end to Redgrave's quest for happiness... A weak ending pretty much does the picture in, although it starts out with a terrific sequence introducing Redgrave's character. The big million-selling "Georgy Girl" song by The Seekers is grand. Redgrave won some "Best Actress" consideration, though the consensus winner for 1966 was clearly Elizabeth Taylor, who was even more large and unattractive in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Bates and Mr. Mason received some "Oscar" and "Golden Globe" consideration of their own, and Ms. Rampling's perversely entertaining characterization should have.******* Georgy Girl (6/66) Silvio Narizzano ~ Lynn Redgrave, Alan Bates, James Mason, Charlotte Rampling

This movie was entertaining but just so so. I felt the lure of this film was the intent of going for a niche to shock . This film was intentionally over the top... for its time, much like say films like 'Brokeback Mountain' of nowadays. Not saying its a bad thing , but its about the green. I was surprised that adoption was looked down on back in the 60s; Nowadays giving up a baby for adoption is considered noble. That was somewhat a generational shock. Now I will talk about the characters. James Mason was fine but he was pushing 60 and they said he was 49 in the film. I know back than actors and actresses were very vain about their age and I guess they wanted Mason in this film by hook by crook. He looked silly as a 49 yr old and it was just unrealistic. Alan Bates did an excellent job with the material he was given. His character was annoying. Best way to describe him was GILLIGAN on amphetamines. The 2 female leads were fine with Lynn Redgrave giving a wonderful performance. Particularly , in the scene she was dancing and singing, that seemed a miss for her personality . She did have a strong resemblance to one of the ladies of ROCKY HORROR. Very interesting. In a nutshell, Georgy is an insecure, caring young lady that is timid and relates better to children. I guess the irony, is that one of her love interests, Alan Bates, was all with it and passionate but regularly regressed to being childlike. That was interesting. James Mason as Georgys much older, wealthy suitor eventually got to Georgy and wedding bells. I see some reviews that the ending was shallow and the song bragged of Georgy being rich . It kept being repeated over and over. I do believe some of the reviewers missed the sarcasm. One need only look at Georgys face holding baby Sarah and than end credits. This movie is basically saying that once you get to where you want to be, you are not as happy as you thought you would be. Kind of like getting to the end of a rainbow. Nice film, though dated , but worth viewing .

I've always known about Georgy Girl the song by the Seekers but never the movie until recently. Based on a book by Margaret Forster the movie stars a very young Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates and James Mason. With a pretty catchy tune the movie is a fine example of good acting, simple story telling and a well written script.Georgy is a big girl in search of love and she finds it in the most unlikeliest of places. This movie also reminds of Angie with Geena Davis and Where The Heart is with Natalie Portman.I've never seen the zany side of Lynn Redgrave before and I thought she was really funny. At times the movie seems real and at times it seems like a fairy tale but it's entertaining nevertheless.This is how I remember the English movies those days when the language is spoken with precise intonation and distinction that one can actually hear every single word that is said.It's a lovely story about life and how we depict it and make it and call it our reality, our hell or our paradise. And the song is so singable you will never have a chance to forget it even if you wanted to.