Directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy/France/U.S.A. Shirley MacLaine stars in seven different roles in this tiresome anthology directed by one of the all-time great Italian neorealists, Vittorio De Sica. Quite how De Sica went from directing the stunning BICYCLE THIEVES in 1948 to, less than twenty years later, making twaddle like this is beyond me. The point of WOMAN TIMES SEVEN seems to be to present females as hate-filled, deceitful, and irrational. What a charming objective. It has that weird, self-satisfied tone which many lazy, star-filled sixties movies seem to have. MacLaine’s acting range goes all the way from shouty to a bit more shouty. 3/5.
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