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Dominican Rep. Separate Tables
3,477
Drama. Romance
"Separate Tables" touchingly and humorously examines the lives of the lonely-hearted guests at a hotel on England's south coast. Sibyl, a demure spinster on holiday with her mother, is attracted to a man who claims to be a war hero, but who's hiding his insecurities behind bravado. Eventually, Sibyl finds the courage to stand up to her overbearing mother and live her own life. The hotel's owner, Miss Cooper, is involved with a cynical ... [+]
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Los Angeles Times | "The movie is sheer soap opera, but fine writing by Terence Rattigan (upon whose play it is based) gives the melodrama meaning" | POS |
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"It is in the revelation of these people to a more or less brilliant extent that the fascination and satisfaction of this picture lie." | POS |
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"It's hard to believe that anything this academic and artificial was once considered great filmmaking, but you can look it up." | NEG |
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"Rattigan and John Gay have masterfully blended the two playlets into one literate and absorbing full-length film." | POS |
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"Absorbing 1958 adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play about lonely people at a British seaside hotel." | POS |
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TV Guide | "This is adult, intelligent stuff, marvelously shaded by the amalgamation of talents." | POS |
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