Review of The Fox

The Fox (1967)
5/10
Beautiful film, good acting, lousy message
20 August 2009
Warning: Spoilers
There be Spoilers here!

The Canadian winter is as much a cast member as Ms. Heywood and the others. The cinematography is stunningly beautiful. Two city gals buy a backwoods chicken ranch and the mood is upbeat. They have a "special" friendship, but they're shown sleeping in the same bed, back to back and wearing flannel nightgowns. Enter The Man: Keir Dullea breaks in, scaring the hell out of the girls. Seems his family used to own the ranch. Sexual tension builds and the 1960s mindset that gays/lesbians just need some good old hetero-lovin' to set 'em right raises its head (no pun intended). In the end, The Good Lesbian (the one willing to change teams) rides off into the sunset with The Man. The Bad Lesbian gets flattened by a falling tree! WTF!? Seriously, WTF?
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