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Only When I Laugh

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Only When I Laugh
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R,2hrs 0min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1981
Directors:
Glenn Jordan, Vernon Lawrence
Starring:
Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol, James Coco  ...more
Synopsis: Playwright Neil Simon made one of his periodic forays into serious themes with the drama The Gingerbread Lady, and while this screen adaptation adds a bit more wit to the proceedings, it remains a change of pace from his usual breezy comedies. Georgia (Marsha Mason) is a successful actress who has just spent 90 days in a rehab clinic in an effort to beat her addiction to alcohol. A number of crises are waiting for Georgia upon her return; her teenage daughter Polly (Kristy McNichol), whom she neglected ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Neil Simon at his most maudlin, this Marsha Mason vehicle finds her in a far different - read, far more insufferable - mode than her Goodbye Girl neurotic-divorcee persona. Adding "recovering-alcoholic" to her already shaky dramatic repertoire, the usually-chipper Mason stumbles her way through the part of the depressive Georgia, who treats the phrase "battle with the bottle" all too literally. (The ... Full Review
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