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Directed by: Mike Nichols Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is one of the great postwar American plays, and this adaptation generally does it justice. The film is about the drunken antics of a pair of college professors (one junior, one senior) and their wives, and is an extremely tight ensemble piece. All four actors are amazing; Taylor is perhaps the best of all, simply because she is playing so much against type. Burton as her husband is certainly no slouch. Segal is perhaps the least memorable of the four, but he's still pretty good. Sandy Dennis is, oddly enough, a joy to watch, even as she descends into the absolute pits of hell through her drunkenness. The one disadvantage the film has, when compared to the play, is that it's not as claustrophobic. Albee deliberately set the entire play within a single set; to switch between three settings, as the film does, makes the play somewhat less menacing. Still, the film is quite dark. Not recommended if you don't want to be horribly depressed. 4.5/5 PROS: Fine adaptation of the play, superb acting CONS: Extremely dark and depressing ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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