Garbo Talks Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Sidney Lumet
Genres: Comedy Drama
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This bittersweet comedy is, among many other things, a tour de force for the marvelous Anne_Bancroft. The star is cast as Estelle Rolfe, an unconventional divorcee who resides in New York, in close proximity to her grown son Gilbert (Ron_Silver) and his wife Lisa (Carrie_Fisher). Though his wife yearns to move back to her home state of California, Gilbert cannot quite cut the silver cord that binds him to his mother. Upon learning that Estelle is dying, her dutiful son offers to honor her last request to meet the reclusive actress Greta_Garbo. The rest of the film plays wonderful variations on this theme, involving such peripheral characters as a gay Garbo fan (Harvey_Fierstein), an elderly Shakespearean actress (Hermione_Gingold), a "female Joe Papp" director (Denny_Dillon), and an ageing papparazzi (Howard Da Silva). Without giving away the ending, it is worth noting that the divine Garbo shows up in the person of playwright/lyricist/ performer Betty Comden. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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