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Lady L

Lady L (1965)

  • 17% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (79 ratings)

Lady L (Sophia Loren) is an 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous adventures in flashback in this light sex comedy. While working as a laundress, Lady L falls for the gambler and anarchist Armand (Paul Newman), who gets mixed up with an inept group trying to assassinate the senile Prince Otto… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 17, 1965 Wide
On DVD
Nov 10, 1993

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Experiment of starting and ending this pic with Sophia Loren as an 80-year-old, an alleged aristocrat with a somewhat simpering tedious voice, doesn't come off.

  • , Time Out

    A glossy and very silly period costume piece.

  • Eliot Fremont-Smith, New York Times

    Whatever the causes of the minor disatisfactions inherent in this film, its major rewards are due to Peter Ustinov's sensitive conception and superb direction.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    An artistic and commercial flop in which both Paul Newman and Sophia Loren are miscast.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    This is one of those cute little films made by a cute little cadre of actors with nothing much else to do.

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  • Doctor S


    Received poor critical reviews, but I figured with Sophia Loren & Paul Newman during the '60s there should be SOMEthing worth watching, right? Eh, not so much. Neither seems to be trying very hard, although Loren does light comedy nicely in some scenes with aging makeup to… More

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