A gigantic bore that suffers from misconception and miscasting, TWO LOVES never should have been made with this script and these actors. The loveliness of Ashton-Warner's novel is all but bypassed in favor of a commercial vehicle that fails to satisfy on many levels. MacLaine is a
Pennsylvania native who is now teaching school in a New Zealand community far from any civilization. (How she came to be in New Zealand is never fully explained.) MacLaine is a spinster, a repressed woman who prides herself on being chaste and is shocked by the amorality of the Maoris surrounding
her. The children love the way she teaches. When one student complains that he is sick of wri...
Released:
1961
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins