Blu-ray Review – Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

"Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff" is an uncomfortable viewing experience for
numerous reasons, though the secure melodramatic grip of the film is
undeniable, keeping attention on the screen as the screenplay details
some truly awful acts of sexual violence and psychological manipulation.
It goes without writing that this is a bizarre picture, adapted from a
1970 book and released in 1979, issued during a time of racial
sensitivity and bedroom liberation, yet utterly old-fashioned in its
design of conflict — think Douglas Sirk meets Melvin Van Peebles and
you're halfway there. "Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff" is an unusual feature
for unusual tastes, but the acting is brave and the darkness of the
material is routinely confronted without blinking, forcing the viewer to
work through this smorgasbord of Freudian probing and sexual awakening
as the movie escalates its illness, often in a most captivating manner. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com