1976·Comedy·45m
7.1
★
Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.
Directed by Joan Micklin Silver
regret
jealousy
cousin
revenge
summer
makeover
gender
haircut
femininity
woman director
dinner party
masculinity
1910s
popular girl
girlhood
adaptation
haircuts
exploring gender
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Cast
Shelley Duvall
Bernice
Veronica Cartwright
Marjorie
Bud Cort
Warren
Lane Binkley
Roberta
Patrick Reynolds
Draycott
Dennis Christopher
Charley
Polly Holliday
Mrs. Harvey
Mark LaMura
Carpenter
Murray Moston
Barber
Henry Fonda
Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Crew
Joan Micklin Silver
Director
Joan Micklin Silver
Screenplay
Dick Hyman
Original Music Composer
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Short Story
Popular Reviews
32 reviews
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You know what.. hell yeah! I want to cut my hair for the summer now!
You know what.. hell yeah! I want to cut my hair for the summer now!
Bella
7.0★ · 03/06/26
This was very charming!
This was very charming!
GirlLikesFilms
8.0★ · 02/28/26
All the cool girls wanna be vampires
All the cool girls wanna be vampires
Amy Curtis
8.0★ · 01/06/26
And you know what? She outslayed everyone of those bitches
And you know what? She outslayed everyone of those bitches
Tim Tufts
7.0★ · 12/30/25
Another short one to pad out my year. It’s a little rough to get started but knocks it out by the end which mirrors the actual plot as well.
This feels like a perfect role for Shelley Duvall who sells each radical phase of Bernice. I actually gasped at the last scene, I was caught so off guard.
Overall it’s a lean slice of life during a period of social transition and the cast made it feel more than frivolous. Weird to think that we’re as far away from the making of this feature today as they were from the time they were portraying, yet it feels so relatable. You could probably make this same exact movie every 10-20 years and just refresh the trends.
This feels like a perfect role for Shelley Duvall who sells each radical phase of Bernice. I actually gasped at the last scene, I was caught so off guard.
Overall it’s a lean slice of life during a period of social transition and the cast made it feel more than frivolous. Weird to think that we’re as far away from the making of this feature today as they were from the time they were portraying, yet it feels so relatable. You could probably make this same exact movie every 10-20 years and just refresh the trends.
Another short one to pad out my year. It’s a little rough to get started but knocks it out by the end which mirrors the actual plot as well.
This feels like a perfect role for Shelley Duvall who sells each radical phase of Bernice. I actually gasped at the last scene, I was caught so off guard.
Overall it’s a lean slice of life during a period of social transition and the cast made it feel more than frivolous. Weird to think that we’re as far away from the making of this feature today as they were from the time they were portraying, yet it feels so relatable. You could probably make this same exact movie every 10-20 years and just refresh the trends.
This feels like a perfect role for Shelley Duvall who sells each radical phase of Bernice. I actually gasped at the last scene, I was caught so off guard.
Overall it’s a lean slice of life during a period of social transition and the cast made it feel more than frivolous. Weird to think that we’re as far away from the making of this feature today as they were from the time they were portraying, yet it feels so relatable. You could probably make this same exact movie every 10-20 years and just refresh the trends.