There's Always Vanilla
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A young man returns to his home city of Pittsburgh and moves in with an older woman, who he begins to rely on for emotional and financial support.
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- Raymond Laine
- Judith Ridley
- Johanna Lawrence
- Richard Ricci
- Roger McGovern
- Ron Jaye
- Bob Wilson
- Louise Sahene
- Christopher Priore
- Robert Trow
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- Feb 4, 2024
A lesser known George A. Romero movie, and the one he himself thought was his worst. I didn't think it was too bad actually. I would even say that it's really quite good. Arrow Video describes this as "a biting satire of early '70s American society." I wouldn't go so far…
Lou (rhymes with wow!)Oct 1, 2025Engaging script and character development, but not much in the way of plot. Lines were delivered very well too. Surprised to see a romantic comedy from George A. Romero. George A. Romero ranked
gregs1999Apr 4, 2022Romero's first feature after Night of the Living Dead was this swinging seventies romantic comedy. At one point in the film, the main character says he is writing a book about "everything and nothing" and that seems to be the philosophy of the film, as we follow an aimless…
Slig001 - Feb 4, 2024
It makes this Yinzer proud, to see so many cool people watching Romero flicks on what would've been his 84th Birthday! This is a pretty historic film. If my calculations are correct......and I believe they are. Within this film, is the first time someone uses the term "You…
HalloweenHJun 15, 2021This isn't an awful film per se, I just can't believe Romero turned to making a pretty bland new Hollywood style film off the back of something as brilliant as Night of the Living Dead. There's some pretty decent moments and I like Romero's use of montage in the early…
SamJun 2, 2021A chance meeting between a bohemian drifter and an actress leads to a contentious relationship. As with Season of the Witch, There’s Always Vanilla is a side of Romero I really enjoy. And I admit I’m a sucker for low budget American character dramas of the 70’s,…
hiruko - Aug 27, 2023
The gap between Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead is so fascinating for Romero. Between horror (The Crazies), more enigmatic arthouse work (Season of the Witch) and this film, a romantic comedy, he flirted with all different forms or storytelling before landing…
Paul ThomasFeb 4, 2024This was the last feature-length Romero movie that Lou hadn’t seen, and I’ve been saving it for a special occasion. It’s just too bad the copy he watched was from YouTube, so he missed all the nipples (I did describe them to him though lol). Happy 84th birthday, George. ❤️
Michelle ParsonsMar 29, 2021After Night of the Living Dead, Romero goes back to create his proper debut student film. The world is absurd and Raymond Laine’s Chris knows that. He lives as if in a Godard film but his surroundings are presented with a realism that draws attention to their drabness.…
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More of a tragedy than a typical George Romero horror movie. This movie was the first and only movie that Romero didn’t write himself. It’s tries to be an edgy, hard hitting drama but acts more like a cool 60s time capsule.
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One of the few Romero films written by someone else (Rudolph J. Ricci), it has a good eye for the kind of unglamorous middle-class life seldom seen in American movies.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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Unfortunately, the haphazard, showy cross-cutting between Laine’s to-the-camera narration and the flashbacks (sometimes to scenes he couldn’t possibly recollect) do little to hide the fact that Romero, like his aimless protagonist, seemingly couldn’t care less.
Eric Henderson
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