# Movies you've seen recently (Part 2)

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**Created:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2024-08-27T05:10:46Z")\
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> [@hideousidiot](#):
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> I just saw for the first time the 1963 movie LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER, which I’d always heard vaguely described as a minor classic, a delightful rom-com with a serious subject (abortion). It may be the worst movie I have ever seen. Just stinkola.

1960s comedies do _not_ age well, especially if the comedy is sexual/romantic in nature. Here’s my review of Coppola’s first big film, _You’re a Big Boy Now_, a film which finds rape funny:

> [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/390):
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> [You’re A Big Boy Now](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061209/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt), directed by Coppola in 1966 (released in 1967), starring Peter Kastner, Rip Torn, Geraldine Page, Karen Black, and Elizabeth Hartman. Plot from IMDB: One of those 60’s comedies that has current audiences staring in horror at what they’re seeing: … A girl gets raped, twice, and her psychologist can only leer at her while she’s describing the rapes. Then, of course, everybody calls her a bitch, ice maiden, cold-hearted, etc. … Another girl gets called a “slut” because she…

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