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rowanwood
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A New Leaf (1971)
Deserves Cult Status
27 December 2002 - 57 out of 66 users found this review helpful.
Delightfully wacky, oddball comedy. Elaine May's deliciously inept, awkward, filthy rich botanist character is possibly one of her best roles ever. Walter Matthau is wonderful as a spoiled, superannuated rich kid.
I don't think this film ever got much recognition, but in my estimation it's right up there with some of the best off-beat films ever, like Harold & Maude, King of Hearts, etc.
Now that second-run movie theaters are a thing of the past, perhaps the definition of cult status will be harder to determine; but this film certainly deserves to be there.
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