Synopsis
A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.
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Cast
- Richard BurtonGeorge
- Elizabeth TaylorMartha
- George SegalNick
- Sandy DennisHoney
- Agnes FlanaganRoadhouse Waitress (uncredited)
- Frank FlanaganRoadhouse Manager (uncredited)
Recommendations
- 100
Entertainment Weekly
It features the best real-life husband-wife pairing onscreen ever. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is an instant film classic, and Warner Bros. deserves the highest credit for making it a movie without compromise. - 90
The New York Times
In its forthright dealing with the play, this becomes one of the most scathingly honest American films ever made. - 80
Empire
A time capsule now of all that was considered controversial and gutsy in 1966. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
Strong stuff, intensely watchable, but definitely not for children. - 80
Los Angeles Times
An emotional horror story, both the play and the film triggered controversy and challenged the status quo. - 80
Time Out
Edward Albee's vitriolic stage portrayal of domestic blisslessness translated grainily and effectively to the screen. Taylor gives what is probably her finest performance as the blowsy harridan Martha. - 75
LarsenOnFilm
What Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh did for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, Burton and Taylor do for Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? They remind us that sometimes writing and directing must simply step aside and concede the power of performance.
