This is a tough film to watch if alcoholism has touched your life. Particularly the tragic dynamic of a marriage or family destroyed by it. But it's so important that Blake Edwards didn't sugarcoat it. That he showed Jack Lemmon repeatedly relapsing is SO important as well as the way an alcoholic will have such a single minded determination to get that next drink. The last scene of Lee Remick walking alone into the night was devastating and true. Unlike other movies about substance abuse, this didn't paint a false, quick fix, notion of recovery. These performances are absolutely gripping and so important. God bless them for making such an honest view into this world.
Review of Days of Wine and Roses
