Fresh
Taylor, fashionably gowned and bejewelled carries the film almost single-handedly. Fonda is excellent in his climatic appearance, an usually superb casting idea.
Variety Staff, Variety
Ash Wednesday
Surgery took years off her face. But can it save her marriage?
1973 · 1h 39m · R Mystery
Overview
Barbara gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark, but he doesn't seem interested in meeting her. She checks in to a ski resort to wait for Mark, and begins getting attention from young men. Her daughter tries to warn her that even though she has had the surgery it might be too late for her marriage, but she clings to the hope that Mark will come back once he sees her new look. Meanwhile, she must decide whether or not have an affair with a young man she's met.
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This is not a male chauvinist's conception of a woman, but her hairdresser's, full of envy, awe and superficial compassion.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
The whole movie, indeed, feels longer than it is. It's 15 minutes short of two hours, and still it takes forever to be over.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
In what is little more than a homage to Taylor's face, the film spends a good deal of time looking at her reflection in the mirror and endorsing her Martini ad lifestyle up to the hilt.
Time Out
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