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No one plays the strong, bright, witty woman like Katharine Hepburn. During her career she was more than a match for Spencer Tracy in several movies, Humphrey Bogart in "African Queen," and Peter O'Toole in "The Lion in Winter." In "A Delicate Balance" Hepburn matches wits and personality with the great British actor Paul Scofield. A Delicate Balance” is the story of the self-destruction of an upper class American family. Katharine Hepburn and Paul Scofield play Agnes and Tobias a refined couple worn down by life. Their friends and family add primarily negative angst to their lives. Agnes’ sister Claire (played by Kate Reid) lives with them and drinks to much. Lee Remick play the oft married and oft divorced daughter of Agnes and Tobias who returns home after abandoning her most recent married only to find family friends Harry and Edna staying, uninvited in her old room. The movie is scene after scene of the players airing their fears, revealing their faults, and being generally disagreeable. It’s a familiar Edward Albee story, very reminiscent of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” but much more refined. In a sentence “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is a delicate balance on steroids.
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