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John and Mary is a 1969 American romantic drama film directed by Peter Yates (directly following the success of his film Bullitt), and starring Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow in the title roles (directly following their successes in Midnight Cowboy and Rosemary's Baby, respectively).
Nov 19, 2014 · Member since November 2004. I found it then as now an incredibly flat, vacant and trivial film. The narration and flashbacks are an attempt to make it seem modern, but nothing can disguise the fact that it's a bore.
John and Mary is a 1969 American romantic drama film directed by Peter Yates (directly following the success of his film Bullitt), and starring Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow in the title roles (directly following their successes in Midnight Cowboy and Rosemary's Baby, respectively). It was the film debut of Tyne Daly.
“John and Mary” is supposed to be a contemporary movie, I guess, and yet it’s curiously out of touch. John and Mary shadow box uneasily with the American language, trying to sound like all people their age without sounding too much like any particular person. And this doesn’t work.
In the morning after a one-night stand, New Yorkers John (Dustin Hoffman) and Mary (Mia Farrow) piece together the night's events, from meeting at a singles bar to arriving back at John's...
- (13)
- Peter Yates
- PG
- Dustin Hoffman
John and Mary: Directed by Peter Yates. With Dustin Hoffman, Mia Farrow, Michael Tolan, Sunny Griffin. John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.
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“I like a movie that has a beginning, a middle, and an end, in that order.” Dustin Hoffman made John and Mary to try to prove he could be a romantic leading man. Peter Yates directed it to show he could make a film without cars.
