The Pumpkin Eater (1964) Reviews & Ratings

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The Pumpkin Eater reviews

The Pumpkin Eater holds a 6.7/10 average from 53 TMDB ratings.

First rate in every respect: plot, script, B&W cinematography, editing, music… but the real icing on the cake would be the performances of Bancroft and Finch, which I suspect are the best of their careers
— Nutshell (9/10)

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

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