Our Time

It was supposed to be scarey in the 70s like Reefer madness in the 50s. Its a very bad movie. Amazing that the US is heading back there except the religious right think they have a monopoly on decency. When Roe v Wade gets overturned dont come whining to me.

This film about the coming of age of two girls who attend a boarding school is a little predictable at times, but interesting to watch. The film takes place in the 1950's with Pamela Sue Martin a beautiful debutante type, and Betsy Slade a quirky girl who is insecure. The whole plot pretty much involves wanting to lose virginity, boys, and an unwanted pregnancy. Worth watching, a little predictable though.

I was with my family (5 kids 2 parents) one Saturday night in 1974 and we decided to go to a movie, we had one theater in town showing one movie. "Our Time" was playing and I believe it had a PG rating so my parents thought it would be OK. We watched a little over half the movie I think, but the sex scenes, although implied were a little too much for my parents. They yanked us all out of there quickly and then my parents demanded their money back from the counter girl. She refused so my mom grabbed her by her braids and pulled her to the counter, my dad threatened to break the glass counter unless they got their money back. My face was hot from blushing! Mom and dad got their money back. The next day at school some kids I knew saw us get dragged out of the movie and ribbed me a bit. I actually liked what I saw of the movie but I will never forget the scene my parents made.

Strict all-girl boarding school in 1955 Massachusetts is the setting for thoughtful, gentle, if familiar tale of two senior dorm roommates (one tall and lovely, the other a flat-chested hoyden) obsessed with boys and "doing it" for the first time. From "Blue Denim" in the 1950s to "Love With the Proper Stranger" in the '60s and "Racing With The Moon" in the '80s, it seems every generation gets a movie like this one (usually set in the nostalgic past) wherein sexual proclivities are often seen as life deterrents. Pamela Sue Martin doesn't have the range of a studied actress, yet her dryly engaged manner and mature, offhand observations (mostly cynical) make her an appealing screen presence. Betsy Slade, on the other hand, does seem studied, but this doesn't work for her wallflower character (she's too world-weary, too ready to fall apart to really become embraceable). The film's '50s milieu is extremely well-judged, from the all-important 'mixer' dance to the best mid-priced hotel, from the authentic cabs and cars to the desolate building of the nearest abortionist. Does the movie pack any more of a punch than your average TV drama covering this same territory? Probably not, but it has a resonance that stays with one, even if the plot functions and characters have been utilized before, after, and since. **1/2 from ****

This portrait of the uptight and silent 50s is a well done drama of two upper class teen girls, Pamela Sue Martin and ?Betsy Slade and what happens after their first romantic encounters.

That first time can set a pattern, but back in the 50s sex was not something discussed in polite company. Not in the prep schools that Edith Atwater runs for girls Nor in the one for boys that Parker Stevenson, Michael Gray, and George O'Hanlon, Jr.

This is a picture of the stark world before Roe vs. Wade became law and what we could go back to if the radical religious right has it's way.

In the supporting cast look for Robert Walden as your friendly abortionist who for a good fee will break the law and relieve a woman of her pregnancy. He will really creep you out.

This film of the 50s from the 70s is quite relevant for today.