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  Review by George Bell ★★★

  “You mean women’s lib? Well, that’s what it sounds like, and that really turns me off.”

  In its own way, this 1974 TV movie about working-class suburban housewives who form an informal club to discuss their lives is fascinating. It looks at second wave feminism through the perspective of women who came of age during WWII. They are the wives of the Greatest Generation and the mothers of the young women who, by the early 70s, were the Ms. magazine generation. They are now middle-aged, their children gone, their husbands occupied with work and their own friendships, and what to do once the house is clean, only one meal a day has to be prepared, and, as one of them…

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  Review by poppet ★★★★

  what's better than this.......gals being gals!!!!!!!!!!!

  this couldve been a lot longer - it's lovely, just pure honest and emotional discussions between middle-aged women. not as sad as the cover and title makes it look, pleasant to sit through. at one point theyre talking about men and one of them is like "what's a sexy man?" straight-up and i was at the edge of my seat half-expecting her character arc to end in a coming out (it didnt, sadly). maureen shouldve put that frilly nightie on at the end. otherwise perfect