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- 1958
- Approved
- United Artists
- 1 h 40 m
- 1958
- Approved
- United Artists
- 1 h 40 m
Summary The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."
Directed By: Delbert Mann
Written By: Terence Rattigan, John Gay, John Michael Hayes
- 1958
- Approved
- United Artists
- 1 h 40 m
- 1958
- Approved
- United Artists
- 1 h 40 m
Separate Tables
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Summary The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."
Directed By: Delbert Mann
Written By: Terence Rattigan, John Gay, John Michael Hayes
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Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
68
86% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
14% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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This is adult, intelligent stuff, marvelously shaded by the amalgamation of talents.
Absorbing 1958 adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play about lonely people at a British seaside hotel. [20 Aug 1998]
A superb character study of the residents of an English seaside hotel. [17 Oct 1999, p.56]
Much of the appeal of Terence Rattigan's play was due to the remarkable change in characterization they were able to make as they assumed different roles in each of the segents. Rattigan and John Gay have masterfully blended the two playlets into one literate and absorbing full-length film.
The characters here are all misfits—people who have not quite been able to adjust their own inadequacies and terrors to the hard realities of life. And it is in the revelation of these people to a more or less brilliant extent that the fascination and satisfaction of this picture lie.
The movie is sheer soap opera, but fine writing by Terence Rattigan (upon whose play it is based) gives the melodrama meaning. And a cast sure to make any movie lover swoon (David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Rita Hayworth and Wendy Hiller) takes the poignancy to levels that are sometimes painful to watch. [07 Oct 1993, p.17]
It's hard to believe that anything this academic and artificial was once considered great filmmaking, but you can look it up.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
