I hadn't watched this movie since it was released to television decades ago. I had remembered it's theme song better than I had the movie itself. While it was well written and well acted, watching it recently made me realize what a depressing film this was. To think that the character Georgy was considered fat is laughable in this day and age but thanks to Twiggy, if you weighed a pound more than being skeletal I suppose it makes sense. Both Georgy and Meredith had the exact same self-esteem issues; Georgie because men didn't find her attractive at all and Meredith only felt her sense of worth when men leered at her and took her to bed. The true difference in these two women is seen after Meredith gives birth. Georgy's sweet maternal side comes out when she asks to take baby Sara off Meredith's hands. Meredith shows how truly ugly she is on the inside when she demands Jos marry her because she's pregnant with his baby (Jos almost looked like a stand up guy for believing the baby was his with Meredith's loose ways and after she admits to have "butchered" two of his offspring already). She also shows her true colors when she's more concerned about what pregnancy has done to her body and admits to hating the baby. After Georgy takes Sara under her wing, I thought much better of her until she sold herself out to her father's letch of an employer who secretly lusted after Georgy since she was a girl (yuck!) by marrying the old geezer. I have to wonder what kind of message it sent to the women who were coming up at the time this picture was released. As an adult, I was kind of repulsed by that fact that nobody in this movie seemed to be genuinely in love.
I agree, it's a bit depressing and dark, one of the British 'Kitchen Sink' films that tried to depict real life with all of its warts and it was controversial in its time, still is in my opinion.
