Film Response - Georgy Girl

Released in 1966 and starring Lynn Redgrave, Georgy Girl follows protagonist Georgy as she attempts to find her place in the newly changing 60's society. Georgy's character is set up and portrayed especially well but this goes for all the characters within the film, the audience quite easily gains insight into the characters and their drives. A criticism of the film however is the endings within the narrative lack resolutions and therefore leave the audience sometimes feeling mildly bewildered with the direction the story has taken. This is demonstrated by the exit of characters Meredith and Jos, Meredith's ignored exit is passable due to the perception of the character but Jos disappears with virtually no reasoning. There is a good binary opposition within the narrative however, where Georgy seems to want to fit in with many of the fashions and social changes of the 60's and even though she goes in her own unconventional way of attaining them, really all she wants is to be married with a baby in a normal family home.