The Sterile Cuckoo

1969

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 65% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 65% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 2577 2.6K

based on novel or book college broken heart

Plot summary

Uptight college freshman Jerry Payne finds a carefree friend in zany Pookie. After an awkward meeting on the bus, Pookie quickly works her way into Jerry's life. She makes an unannounced visit to Jerry's campus, and before long annoyance turns to affection, and friendship turns to romance. But with Pookie's increasingly neurotic behavior, how long can this love affair last?

Director

Alan J. Pakula Photo
Alan J. Pakula

Top cast

Fred Lerner Photo
Fred Lerner as (uncredited)
Tim McIntire Photo
Tim McIntire as Charlie Schumacher
Liza Minnelli Photo
Liza Minnelli as Pookie Adams
Margaret Markov Photo
Margaret Markov as (uncredited)
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
988.89 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 1
1.79 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JamesHitchcock 8 / 10

A Neglected Gem of the Late Sixties

Reviewed by MarieGabrielle 8 / 10

sweet melancholy....

This film, along with the performances of the two principals, Minnelli and Burton, as well as the soundtrack, evoke a time in everyone's past, at some time or other.As two drifting college students, they have a chance meeting, become interested in each other, then gradually grow apart. The sets are evocative of New England and upstate New York, beautiful in autumn, beautiful and sad. Reminding us perhaps of past relationships, longing, and wishes that were never fulfilled.The soundtrack is sentimental, but not overly so, I am not a major fan of Minnelli, but in this film her performance was understated and believable. The film leaves us with a sense of loss and longing, recalling times we were younger, relationships of the past. 8/10.
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