Product Details

• Actors: Anthony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, Lois Nettleton, John McGiver
• Directors: George Roy Hill
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: December 11, 1992
• Run Time: 111 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302593190
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,970 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good play makes very good movie, October 31, 2004

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the wrexhamian (Md. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Period of Adjustment [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this film about 25 years ago and remembered it as being special. Having just seen it again, I can say it has aged well and is one of those low-key movies that does not seem to get the attention it deserves. Adapted from a play, it is stagey and very verbal, of course, but Tennessee Williams deals with many still relevant aspects of relationships in a very entertaining way. Had male and female insecurities been portrayed in such a way before? It is a funny, as well as moving, film with all four main characters showing, at times, fighting spirit and vulnerability. It's not surprising that the director went on to make some classics

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Camelot honeymoon follies......., August 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Period of Adjustment [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A Comedy by Tennessee Williams? Yes, this one happened during Kennedy's Camelot era, and is quite demurely virginal.....

Oh, yes indeed! Lois Nettleton and Anthony Franciosa are the sounding-board for newlyweds Jane Fonda and Jim Hutton. He had to get this "black Cadillac ex-hearse" for their transportation needs; she is having "consumation" afterthoughts, the older wedded couple look on and advise......

A young Miss Fonda holds her own admirably against the older vets - shades of the later "Barefoot in the Park"!

Show in black and white with expert direction by George Roy Hill - a rare, vintage treat "the way we were".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A charming story..., October 28, 2010

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Jane Pensive "a film fan" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Period of Adjustment [VHS] (VHS Tape)

...by Tennessee Williams?!!! Yes, engaging, witty, insightful, Williams not only understood the basest of human frailty, but he also understood the ridiculously funny side of human nature as well. This adaptation of his Broadway play is amusing from beginning to end, and the ensemble cast plays really well together.

Tony Franciosa gives the outstanding performance here as a Korean war hero who married for money and unexpectedly fell in love with his wife. Lois Nettleton is said wife, who, though once homely and awkward, has turned into a good-looking, warm, and mostly understanding wife. Jim Hutton is a very confused Korean war veteran with the shakes, who may or may not be a virgin on his wedding night, and is terrified of failing his bride (Jane Fonda) as a he-man, uber-male lover. Jane Fonda channels Marilyn Monroe better than Marilyn ever did as the bride who would like to be gentle and understanding with her bridegroom if only he would stop YELLING at her. The supporting cast of Mabel Albertson, John Macgyver, Jack Albertson, and the hilariously and progressively drunken Christmas carolers make this a romantic Christmas comedy in which everything turns out all right. And that is what we want at Christmastime after all, isn't it?