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That Cold Day in the Park

How far will a woman go? How far will a 32 year-old spinster go to possess a strange, 19 year-old boy?

1969 · 1h 47m · R Drama
Directed by Robert Altman

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Frances Austen, a young, wealthy spinster, invites a mute teenager into her apartment after finding him freezing in the park next to where she lives. Despite her best efforts, their lack of communication only increases her sense of loneliness, as her possessiveness spirals into frightening new realms.

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It's a cold, ugly and meandering business.

Howard Thompson, New York Times
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The plot is too improbable to be taken seriously, and yet director Robert Altman apparently does take it seriously.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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Robert Altman's inauspicious first theatrical feature -- recognizably his work, meandering zooms and all, but the material is somewhat pretentious and hackneyed.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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