IMDb plot summary: The son of a woman dying of a brain tumor tries to fulfill his mother's last wish: to meet Greta Garbo.
Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, and Carrie Fisher.
Garbo Talks tells the story of a woman who finds out she has terminal cancer, and her last wish is to be able to meet Greta Garbo. Her adult son takes on the extremely difficult task of finding the elusive movie star and convincing her to meet his mother before she dies. After watching so many Sidney Lumet thrillers about taking on corrupt systems of power, there's something really relaxing and sweet about this simple story of a man trying to fulfill his mother's dying wish. While he definitely gets his own subplot, it's the mother who holds focus here. She is played beautifully by Anne Bancroft, and even with her limited screentime she manages to cement herself as the emotional core of the entire movie, and everything that happens around her ties into her. It's not an amazing movie but it's unlike much else, and that uniqueness feels refreshing.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Garbo Talks > Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Garbo Talks < Woman in the Dunes
Garbo Talks > Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Garbo Talks < L'atalante
Garbo Talks < North by Northwest
Garbo Talks < Laurence Anyways
Garbo Talks > Stargate
Garbo Talks > Ghostbusters
Garbo Talks > The Long Day Closes
Garbo Talks > The Blind Side
Garbo Talks > The Detective
Garbo Talks > Singles
Final spot: #1320 out of 3671, or 64%.
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