I remember buying the 45 rpm record "Georgy Girl" with my paper route money. And teasing the kid named George in our class. I also seem to recall that this was a film of some acclaim and noteworthiness back then. So I was intrigued when I brought it home from our our county library (as well as having been advised for forty years by the song lyrics).
I wasn't just disappointed, I was annoyed. Such a shallow, superficial plot with a convenient and contrived ending! Early in the film we learn Georgy has a rich suitor, instantly determining that such is too facile and material a road for our heroine to take. Georgy then undergoes a variety of life experiences before her epiphany -without an ounce of compromise- to, duh, marry the rich guy. Worse, said career move appears to result from a direct rejection of the problems resulting from not having a ton of money.
The pop version song "Georgy Girl" fades out with calls to better oneself; e.g., "The World will see...A new Georgy Girl...Wake up Georgy... Wake up Georgy Girl". Adding insult to injury, I almost fell off my Lazy Boy when, to the same accompaniment, the film ends, "You're rich Georgy Girl!...You're rich Georgy Girl!...". Well at least we now know what's important.
Alan Bates overacts as one of the most irritating characters I've ever suffered though. Given my whimsical memory, idea, etc., of what I thought this movie was, I wish I had not seen it!
I wasn't just disappointed, I was annoyed. Such a shallow, superficial plot with a convenient and contrived ending! Early in the film we learn Georgy has a rich suitor, instantly determining that such is too facile and material a road for our heroine to take. Georgy then undergoes a variety of life experiences before her epiphany -without an ounce of compromise- to, duh, marry the rich guy. Worse, said career move appears to result from a direct rejection of the problems resulting from not having a ton of money.
The pop version song "Georgy Girl" fades out with calls to better oneself; e.g., "The World will see...A new Georgy Girl...Wake up Georgy... Wake up Georgy Girl". Adding insult to injury, I almost fell off my Lazy Boy when, to the same accompaniment, the film ends, "You're rich Georgy Girl!...You're rich Georgy Girl!...". Well at least we now know what's important.
Alan Bates overacts as one of the most irritating characters I've ever suffered though. Given my whimsical memory, idea, etc., of what I thought this movie was, I wish I had not seen it!