{"id":4595,"date":"2007-10-18T14:50:13","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T21:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2021-02-02T12:43:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:43:29","slug":"romantic-englishwoman-the-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4595","title":{"rendered":"Romantic Englishwoman, The (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;If I&#8217;m going to write him in, I hope to find out what he&#8217;s about.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Poster-210x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-68072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Poster-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Poster-90x128.png 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Poster-189x270.png 189w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Poster.png 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile his wife (Glenda Jackson) is away in Baden Baden, a jealous writer (Michael Caine) imagines she&#8217;s having an affair with a mysterious man (Helmut Berger) she&#8217;s met on the elevator. Soon Berger inexplicably shows up at their house in England, and Caine&#8217;s jealousy continues to grow.\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>Glenda Jackson Films<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Jealousy<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Losey Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Michael Caine Films<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis disappointing romantic mystery (directed by Joseph Losey) fails to provide much enjoyment on any level. Glenda Jackson is at her shrill worst as a dissatisfied housewife whose husband suspects her every move:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Bed-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Bed-Still-1024x616.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Bed-Still-1024x616.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Bed-Still-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Bed-Still-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Bed-Still-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Bed-Still-1536x923.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Bed-Still-449x270.png 449w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Bed-Still.png 1695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Caine is adequate at best, and Berger is inexplicably stiff as a shady character whose motivations are never fully explained. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Berger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Berger-1024x609.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Berger-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Berger-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Berger-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Berger-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Berger-1536x914.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Berger-454x270.png 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Berger.png 1729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The entire story is framed as a sort of &#8220;what&#8217;s real? what&#8217;s not?&#8221; exploration, with Caine&#8217;s attempt to generate grist for his new novel conveniently propelling the action &#8212; but the central problem is that we simply don&#8217;t care much about any of these characters or their affairs of the heart. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine production values<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Production-Design.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Production-Design-1024x610.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Production-Design-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Production-Design-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Production-Design-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Production-Design-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Production-Design-1536x915.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Production-Design-453x270.png 453w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Romantic-Englishwoman-Production-Design.png 1691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this is definitely one of Losey&#8217;s lesser efforts, and not worth seeking out. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0073634\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1975\/11\/27\/archives\/obsessed-romantic-englishwoman.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-romantic-englishwoman\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If I&#8217;m going to write him in, I hope to find out what he&#8217;s about.&#8221; Synopsis: While his wife (Glenda Jackson) is away in Baden Baden, a jealous writer (Michael Caine) imagines she&#8217;s having an affair with a mysterious man (Helmut Berger) she&#8217;s met on the elevator. Soon Berger inexplicably shows up at their house in England, and Caine&#8217;s jealousy continues to grow. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Glenda Jackson Films Infidelity Jealousy Joseph Losey Films Love Triangle Michael Caine&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4595\"> 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-4595","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\/4595","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=4595"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68073,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595\/revisions\/68073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}