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A Child Is Waiting (1963)

Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Dr. Clark's stern training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe, who has been abandoned by his divorced parents.

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Adam R 04 Sep 2018

Raw and emotional, but it could have been better. It was interesting to see Judy Garland in one of her final film roles, although it wasn't one of her finest. (First and only viewing - 4/23/2017)

Dennis Schwartz 05 Jul 2006

The film ran into trouble with Cassavetes's attempt to bring his unconventional improvisational style to the shoot.

Todd J 13 Apr 2008

Judy Garland is great. She shows great compassion and heartache for the children in the story.

Keith C 18 Aug 2009

An early Cassavetes film that touches on a subject matter that is very involved for the hour and 42 minutes that is allowed. Incredibly difficult material to put on the screen yet Lancaster and Garland excel in their scenes together. While late in Judy's movie career, she still can ring out the emotion just by looking at the camera. She was a great actress who could sing and only in the few films made in the last decade and a half of her life bear witness to that. Bravo to Mr. Cassavetes for tackling the subject of mentally challenged children/adults in the early 60's. I have only watched this movie in pieces over the years and I finally sat down to watch it in its entirety. A melodramatic look at a woman, Jean Hansen, well played by Garland. and her personal search for something in her life that matters. She is hired on as the "music" teacher at a school for the mentally handicapped and finds herself emotionally involved with one of the children, Rubin, played by Bruce Ritchey. It's definitely worth a look at and maybe have a hankie around.

Isabel Quigly 19 Jul 2018

A Child is Waiting takes the tough line that love, however devoted, isn't enough, may indeed be harmful if it's not allied with respect for the handicapped child as a person, a person with duties and responsibilities to others and a person's social place.