The Children's Hour

William Wyler showed he wasn't afraid to tackle again this Lillian Hellman's play. He had directed the film years before, but the tone had been changed during the first version of "The Children's Hour". In fact, there is no gayness... Full review

The Children's Hour More than just an ounce of truth... ((((SPOILERS))))) THE CHILDREN'S HOUR has gotten a rather bad rap over the years. It has gained this reputation that it is somehow a noble effort, but nonetheless a failure. That... Full review

I just watched "The Children's Hour" for the first time this evening. I must say that I was very impressed. Hepburn and MacLaine gave brilliant performances as the two headmistresses of a girl's school. The cinema photography was outstanding and... Full review

As with several projects involving Lillian Helman, the backstory is nearly as interesting as the written work. In this case, her trailblazing play "The Children's Hour" was morphed into a film called "These Three". Because lesbianism was one aspect of... Full review

There are spoilers in this review.What a dark, brilliant film. Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, and James Garner are absolutely wonderful in this timeless gem of a movie. The immutable power of a child's false witness is seldom portrayed better than... Full review

Despite various plot holes and other problems with the presentation, this film provides a sad tale of unrequited love gone horribly wrong due to the meddlings of a spoiled child.Hepburn as Wright is wonderful as usual but it is MacLaine... Full review

When Martha Dobie and Karen Wright are accused of lesbianism, they're entire world comes crashing down. Karen loses the man she loves and so happens to have been engaged to for two long years, Joe (James Gardner). Martha loses her... Full review

Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Mclaine, James Garner... WOW! What else can I say!!! Typically it seems to me that Audrey carries the film... in this one, it is really hard to say who has the best performance. I saw this film... Full review

A 'classic' film, (whatever that may be), can almost never be re-made in quite the same way again. It's something that we've thought about for quite a while, though - and noted filmmakers (including Gus Van Sant and Sydney Pollack)... Full review

In this remarkable film, a child's malicious lie destroys the lives of two young teachers. The child lies to avoid school because "everyone there hates me." The lie is believed because it is compounded by idle ramblings. Then it is... Full review

This may very well be Hepburn's finest film and this may very well sport MacLaine's finest performance; two reasons right there to see this movie immediately. In the end `The Children's Hour' is a brilliant character study on the after effects of the lie. ... Full Review

Based on the 1934 play by Lillian Hellman, The Children's Hour is set at an exclusive girl's school managed by best friends Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine. Hepburn and MacLaine sue Bainter for libel, only to lose their case when MacLaine's aunt Miriam Hopkins refuses to testify as a character witness. ... Full Review

Dominic Cavendish reviews The Children's Hour at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, The Lady from the Sea at Birmingham Rep, People at Sea at Salisbury Playhouse Cometh the hour, cometh the new star. ... Full Article

In the 1961 movie The Children's Hour , a student accuses two teachers of being lesbians (without actually saying the word). This child (Karen Balkin as Mary Tilford) is a troublemaker and a liar in school. ... Full Article

The original talking point about Wyler's film was that Lillian Hellman 's play The Children's Hour had been shamefully bowdlerised, with the lesbian theme masked behind a plot which has the two teachers victimised because gossip says one has slept... ... Full Article

By Del F. Cowie The name Big Noyd resonates with hip-hop heads for the rough-hewn verse he delivered on Mobb Deep's "Give up the Goods (Just Step)" from their seminal full-length The Infamous, but due to various ill-timed reasons he's... ... Full Article