1971 · mgm · twiggy · russell
The Boy Friend
Directed by Ken Russell2h 17m1971
When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place.
Our read: The Boy Friend (1971) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive mgm · twiggy · russell entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle mgm / twiggy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- inventive
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