My Year with Meryl Streep: Still of the Night (1982)
A look at the 1982 thriller Meryl herself once called a bad film!
I recently spent a whole year watching a Meryl Streep film every week, and I thought I’d share with you some of the reviews I wrote for her many classic films!
Still of the Night (1982)
In 2012, on Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen asked Meryl, “Name one bad film that you have made.” She took about two seconds to think before she said, “Still of the Night.” We all know that one of Meryl’s most acclaimed performances was in 1982’s Sophie’s Choice, but some might not be aware that Meryl had a second film released that year: Still of the Night.
This film re-teamed her with her Kramer vs. Kramer director Robert Benton. It’s not a bad film, so much that it’s a disappointing one. It’s certainly one of her weaker efforts, a lame Hitchcockian rip-off that is mostly worth a look for it being Meryl’s only psychological thriller.
