The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Maggie Smith in one of those technically stunning, emotionally distant performances that the British are so damn good at. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Maggie Smith is handed a part in the eccentric, trite, purposeful and finally pathetic Jean Brodie which allows her to play to all her considerable strengths. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Maggie Smith's tour-de-force performance as a school-teacher slipping into spinsterhood is one of several notable achievements in this sentimental and macabre personal tragedy. Read more