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...Petulia, a sad and moving film by Richard Lester, shows its director capable of insight into his characters and instinct toward his actors. Lester's cinema is generally defined by tricky and overcontrived camera gymnastics (Petulia has its share of this, and none of it is good)--but here we have him leaving his camera rolling when his actors begin to groove, plainly sacrificing editorial cleanliness for dramatic punch. Petulia's occasional messiness is much to Lester's credit: the film ends at least six times in its attempt to chronicle a relationship realistically, but just before its strange construction...
...PETULIA. A thick-skinned doctor (George C. Scott) and a flipped-out wife (Julie Christie) make an odd pair of lovers in Director Richard Lester's portrait of a decidedly modern romance...
...PETULIA. Set in San Francisco, Richard Lester's film covers the contemporary scene and dissects the way men and women treat each other through the cruel, comic story of the relationship, or lack of it, between a kook (Julie Christie) and a surgeon (George C. Scott) who care that they couldn't care less...
...PETULIA. A thick-skinned doctor (George C. Scott) and a flipped-out wife (Julie Christie) make an odd pair of lovers in Director Richard Lester's portrait of a decidedly modern romance...
...precipitated an interplay of ideas that flows freely between Madison Avenue and the conventional movie set. The directors dabble with Fellini-like stream-of-consciousness techniques. Hollywood copies TV's fast cuts and odd-angle perspectives. The quality of Richard Lester's movies A Hard Day's Night, Petulia reflects his experience as director of more than 300 commercials...