{"id":20463,"date":"2011-11-08T22:22:56","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T05:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20463"},"modified":"2021-01-18T17:56:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T00:56:00","slug":"tell-me-that-you-love-me-junie-moon-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20463","title":{"rendered":"Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;re all freaks &#8212; so don&#8217;t try to steal the show!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-That-You-Love-Me-Junie-Moon-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-That-You-Love-Me-Junie-Moon-Poster-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-That-You-Love-Me-Junie-Moon-Poster-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-That-You-Love-Me-Junie-Moon-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-That-You-Love-Me-Junie-Moon-Poster.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young woman (Liza Minnelli) disfigured by an abusive date (Ben Piazza) finds solace and friendship when she rents a house with a gay paraplegic (Robert Moore) and an epileptic (Ken Howard).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disabilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disfigured Faces<\/li>\n<li>Liza Minnelli Films<\/li>\n<li>Misfits<\/li>\n<li>Otto Preminger Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on a novel by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marjorie_Kellogg\">Marjorie Kellogg<\/a>, <em>Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon<\/em> is one among several oddities in Otto Preminger&#8217;s late-life directorial career, when he was making movies so far removed from his earlier successes &#8212; such as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6718\"><em>Laura<\/em> (1944)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46132\"><em>The Man With the Golden Arm<\/em> (1955)<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41592\"><em>Anatomy of a Murder<\/em> (1959)<\/a> &#8212; that it&#8217;s honestly challenging to associate them with the same individual. While nowhere near as bizarre as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15685\"><em>Skidoo<\/em> (1969)<\/a>, or as tawdrily melodramatic as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15500\"><em>Hurry Sundown<\/em> (1967)<\/a>, <em>&#8230; Junie Moon<\/em> (even its title smacks of kitschy-coo) unfortunately presents itself as intentionally kooky &#8212; the type of insufferable story about lovable misfits banding together which indie directors these days seem to churn out in spades. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Kooks2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Kooks2-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Kooks2-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Kooks2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Kooks2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Kooks2-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Kooks2-1536x842.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Kooks2-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Kooks2.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re made privy to each character&#8217;s &#8220;sordid&#8221; background story through dramatic flashbacks (beginning with a surreally scored scene in which we see how the once-beautiful Minnelli came to receive her tragic burns):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Flashback.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Flashback-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Flashback-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Flashback-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Flashback-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Flashback-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Flashback-1536x856.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Flashback-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Flashback.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the insipidly scripted film is simply concerned with detailing how they come to (marginally) accept themselves and find (temporary) happiness. Kay Thompson appears in near-cameo as the trio&#8217;s brusque and eccentric landlord:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Thompson2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Thompson2-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Thompson2-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Thompson2-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Thompson2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Thompson2-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Thompson2-1536x849.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Thompson2-489x270.png 489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Thompson2-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Thompson2.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; while James Coco is given a pathetically underdeveloped role as a fishmonger with an inexplicable crush on Minnelli. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Coco6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Coco6-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Coco6-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Coco6-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Coco6-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Coco6-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Coco6-1536x846.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Coco6-490x270.png 490w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tell-Me-Coco6.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Moore as Warren\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is simply a curiosity, and only a must-see for diehard Minnelli or Preminger fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0066445\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1970\/07\/02\/archives\/screen-junie-moon-at-the-beekmanliza-minnelli-stars-in-preminger.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/tell-me-that-you-love-me-junie-moon-1970\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/tell-me-that-you-love-me-junie-moon\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re all freaks &#8212; so don&#8217;t try to steal the show!&#8221; Synopsis: A young woman (Liza Minnelli) disfigured by an abusive date (Ben Piazza) finds solace and friendship when she rents a house with a gay paraplegic (Robert Moore) and an epileptic (Ken Howard). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Disabilities Disfigured Faces Liza Minnelli Films Misfits Otto Preminger Films Review: Based on a novel by Marjorie Kellogg, Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon is one among several oddities&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20463\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20463"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64282,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20463\/revisions\/64282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}