A Matter of Time (1976)

A Matter of Time (1976). 1h 37m | PG

“Vincente Minnelli in his farewell film as director got to direct daughter Liza. Whennthe film opened up with Liza doing a full production number, I thought we had another Cabaret for Liza. Sad to say that that number and another one Liza didnare the highlights of the film. When the players stop singing and dancing and get down to dialog, the film becomes rather pedestrian.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t think Ingrid Bergman ever got a handle on her character as the eccentricncountess living on dreams and charity. Possibly Minnelli was concentrating too much on his daughter. Minnelli a country girl from rural Italy comes to Rome and gets a job as a chambermaid in a posh hotel courtesy of her cousinnTina Aumont. There Ingrid Bergman playing a slightly daft countess kind ofntakes her under her wing. Liza blossoms but Ingrid becomes more daft, Ingridnis just this side of Norma Desmond. Minnelli goes up and Ingrid goes down.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn addition to being the last film Vincente Minnelli directed this was also the farewell performance of Charles Boyer who co-starred with Bergman in Gaslight and Arch Of Triumph when they were big box office. Boyer plays a brief role as a former husband of Bergman, stopping by to see how she wasndoing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSee this one for Liza and her numbers.”