The Laundromat (TV Movie 1985) Poster

(1985 TV Movie)

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Saw this years ago on HBO
charly111 September 2006
Although my memory of this is a bit sketchy on details, I remember really liking this. I am 90% certain I saw it on HBO. I loved Carol and probably watched it because of her. What I remember most is Amy Madigan. I had not seen her before this and there was something about her look that made me remember her when I later began seeing her in lots of movies, most notably "Places in the Heart".

Without giving away a spoiler, I will say that I remember a twist ending - although I was rather young, so I wonder if it would be a surprise these days.

Upon looking at the writer, Marsha Norman, I see that she also wrote something I loved, "'Night Mother". I saw that again in the past few years and it held up for me, so perhaps "The Laundromat" would as well. Wish more people would see this and comment on it. Since I haven't seen it in years, it would be unfair to rate it. My inclination would be at least a 7 out of 10 since it stuck with me all these years as worthwhile.
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3/10
A script badly in need of starch.
mark.waltz10 December 2020
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The story and characters here seem to have been boiled in Bounce and softened to the point of crumbling away. Two women (Carol Burnett and Amy Madigan) encounter each other, alone in a seedy laundromat (apparently owned by Burnett's husband), only interrupted briefly by a local DJ (Michael Wright) whom Madigan quickly recognizes through his voice. But 95% of this tedious stagy one set drama drags along at only 55 minutes.

As much as I adore Burnett found her far too forced in her attempts to create a dramatic character. She is initially skeptical about Madigan's overly hyper and seemingly strung out young woman, trying to avoid conversation yet eventually dragged into it where she becomes a willing participant. They discuss a bunch of nothing, argue over Wright's presence, and even explaining what kind of laundry should go with what kind of setting. This attempts so hard to be artsy under the direction of Robert Altman, but after a while it's far more painful than watching wet clothes dry.
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Spoiler alert
diannema-026026 August 2018
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Husband's laundry? If so, I have been talking about and recommending this screenplay for years!
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