David Ansen

“…. Millie--a tall, skinny Texan with antelope eyes, a Cleopatra hairdo, and a numbing enthusiasm for inane chatter--is a terrible loser. [So why don't you kill her? (I hate that word.)]

“…. Like it or not (and I like it a lot) there can be no denying the extraordinary grace of Altman's camera, his uncanny evocation of atmosphere, or the way that he can simultaneously show us--through the brilliant performances of Sissy Spacek and Shelly Duvall--the stature behind the vapidity of his characters….”

David Ansen
The Real Paper, May 7, 1977
[left out “just a tad”- (Get Spacek)]

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