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49% Critic Match
MURDER and murder
“Mildred and Doris are two middle-aged women.”
4.9 / 10• 1996• 1h 53m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
Mildred and Doris are two middle-aged white women, from very different backgrounds, who become lovers and set up house together. Film explores the pleasures and uncertainties of later-life emotional attachment and lesbian identity in a culture that glorifies youth and heterosexual romance.
Cast & Crew
Joanna Merlin
Doris
Lead
Kathleen Chalfant
Mildred
Catherine Kellner
Young Mildred
IT
Isa Thomas
Jenny
JM
Jennie Moreau
Flo
KT
Kendal Thomas
Jeffrey
Alice Playten
Alice
Daniel Martin Berkey
Evan
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yvonne Rainer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. MURDER and murder is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
