
Newlyweds Julian and Lily Berniers have been in Chicago on business before returning to their hometown, New Orleans, where they'll meet with Julian's older spinster sisters Anna and Carrie, who still live in the longtime unpaid-for family home and have always kept their little brother Julian afloat during his wheelings and dealings. Julian has largely kept Lily in the dark about his activities, including the mysterious meetings he has had in New Orleans in the week prior to m... (Full plot summary below)
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Newlyweds Julian and Lily Berniers have been in Chicago on business before returning to their hometown, New Orleans, where they'll meet with Julian's older spinster sisters Anna and Carrie, who still live in the longtime unpaid-for family home and have always kept their little brother Julian afloat during his wheelings and dealings. Julian has largely kept Lily in the dark about his activities, including the mysterious meetings he has had in New Orleans in the week prior to meeting up with Anna and Carrie. Despite losing the factory in Chicago, Julian comes bearing expensive gifts for his sisters, including paying off the house and sending them on a trip to Europe, something they've long wished to do. This money makes Lily think that her wealthy mother, Albertine Prine, might have paid Julian to marry her to get rid of her. Things change for the women in Julian's life when they learn that he's been meeting Charlotte Warkins, whom he dated 10 years ago. Lily suspects that Julian and married Charlotte are having an affair, but Carrie actually knows the truth, though through secondhand means. In her obsessive, more-than-a-sibling love for Julian, Carrie decides to take matters into her own hands to have Julian all to herself.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyDean Martin is miscast in this adaptation of Lillian Hellman's stage play, directed by the young George Roy Hill. |
| VarietyVariety StaffToys in the Attic is a somewhat watered-down version of Lillian Hellman's play, but enough of the original emotional savagery has been retained to satisfy those who prefer their melodramatic meat raw and chewy. |
| User ReviewPamela DA good Melodrama with Dean Martin, Geraldine Page and Wendy Hiller |
| User ReviewAllan CSo first off, this is not a four star quality of film, but it is has a four quality entertainment value if you're into high camp. In this overwrought melodrama from a Lillian Hellman play has fast talking Dead Martin returning to his family home in New Orleans with his new bride, the gorgeous Yvette Mimieux, to be with his two sprinter sisters, Gene Tierney and Geraldine Page. There's greed, jealousy, incest and all sorts of over-the-top theatrics that are just absolutely unintentionally delicious! Fine director George Roy Hill is the man behind this entertaining debacle. |
| User ReviewJane WHeavy dramatics and a suffocating atmosphere make this a challenge at times. What it has to balance out all the weighty goings on is acting of the highest order. Martin, Yvette Mimieux and Gene Tierney all contribute excellent work but the real fireworks is between Geraldine Page and Wendy Hiller as Dean's sisters. While Gerry Page has the showier role it's Wendy Hiller who gives the film's best performance. |
| User ReviewMarrick AAn excellent adaptation that shows none of the signs of staginess that has plagued other film adaptations (see The Subject was Roses, for example). |
| User ReviewAshley HToys in the Attic is a decent film. It is about a man returns to his New Orleans home with his new and naive bride. Dean Martin and Geraldine Page give okay performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. George Roy Hill did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama. |
| User ReviewFrances HToys in the Attic is a decent film. It is about a man returns to his New Orleans home with his new and naive bride. Dean Martin and Geraldine Page give okay performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. George Roy Hill did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama. |
| User ReviewRoy C'We don't break a solemn oath in church!' Okay jealous, clingy, and mad sister... |