counters by telling her that she did not come to Wellesley to make the students “all they could be,” but rather she came to make them “like (herself.)” Touché.

After the movie seems to dispel the idea that the married woman “sells her soul for a center-hall colonial,” the credits use advertisements from the 50’s that re-instate that concept again: (“This Christmas, she’ll be happier with a Hoover!”)

Despite the anachronisms, which can be annoying and distracting, and the expected agenda of feminism and libertinism, which come and go, the movie is enjoyable. The different “types” of school girls, reminiscent of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, or other school movies, are well-drawn and fun. The fact that the movie presents not only the expected feminist viewpoint but also the opposite point of view is refreshing and leaves the viewer thinking.

The Cultural Corner movie review was written Sarah Phelps Smith, Ph.D.