Liza Minnelli once had a promising film career. It started with THE STERILE CUKOO, a film that is virtually unknown today. Minnelli plays Pookie Adams, a strange, socially inept coed who ingratiates herself into the life of fellow college student Wendall Burton. Minnelli is exceptional...she's sad, funny and pathetic and director Alan J. Pakula creates a movie that's that way as well. It's a decidedly melancholy film. Burton is great as he patiently tries to deal with Minnelli's intrusiveness. But it's Minnelli, who's acting career peaked a few years later with CABARET, who carries the film. It's a remarkable performance, making it hard to believe that Hollywood did not know what to do with her talents. The great song "Come Saturday Morning" is played throughout.
Review of The Sterile Cuckoo
