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==Reception== Despite receiving many awards at the time of release, the film later developed a mixed reputation. In his ''[[The New Biographical Dictionary of Film|New Biographical Dictionary of Film]]'' entry on Schlesinger, [[David Thomson (film critic)|David Thomson]] writes that the film "deserves a place in every archive to show how rapidly modishness withers. Beauty is central to the cinema and Schlesinger seems an unreliable judge of it, over-rating Christie and rarely getting close enough to the action to make a fruitful stylistic bond with it".<ref>{{cite book |last=Thomson |first=David |author-link=David Thomson (film critic) |title=The New Biographical Dictionary of Film |title-link=The New Biographical Dictionary of Film |edition=4th |location=New York |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf]] |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newbiographicald0000thom_g3v7/page/782/mode/2up 783] |isbn=978-0-3754-1128-1}}</ref> ''[[Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide]]'' described it as a "trendy, influential '60s film – in flashy form and cynical content".<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Maltin |editor-first=Leonard |editor-link=Leonard Maltin |title=Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide |title-link=Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide |location=New York |publisher=[[Plume (publisher)|Plume]] |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780452289789/page/318/mode/2up 318] |isbn=978-0-4512-2468-2}}</ref> [[Tony Rayns]] though, in the ''[[Time Out Film Guide]]'', is as damning as Thomson. For him, the film is a "leaden rehash of ideas from [[Godard]], [[Antonioni]] and Bergman", although with nods to the "Royal Court school", which "now looks grotesquely pretentious and out of touch with the realities of the life-styles that it purports to represent."<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Pym |editor-first=John |title=Time Out Film Guide 2009 |title-link=Time Out Film Guide |edition=17th |location=London |publisher=[[Time Out Group|Time Out]] |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/timeoutfilmguide0000unse_b3l4/page/242/mode/2up 242] |isbn=978-1-8467-0100-9}}</ref> On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Darling'' holds an approval rating of 72% from 18 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10.<ref>{{cite web|title=Darling (1965)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1005279_darling|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref> ===Box office=== The film was a commercial success, grossing $12 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of only £400,000. It earned $4 million in [[Distributor rental|theatrical rentals]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Big Rental Pictures of 1966 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=4 January 1967 |page=8 |issn=0042-2738}}</ref> According to [[Richard Gregson]], the film only earned £250,000 in the United Kingdom, but Nat Cohen sold the U.S. rights to [[Joe E. Levine]] for $900,000 and made a profit – and the film was more successful in the U.S.<ref name="brian"/> ''Filmink'' argued "there’s always a market for such tales if done right because you can vicariously enjoy the high life while being reassured about your own dull existence because the pretty people are unhappy). It had Christie’s charisma, lots of sex, and was given tremendous contemporary quality by Schlesinger’s handling."<ref name="three">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-moguls-nat-cohen-part-three-1962-68/|date=21 January 2025|access-date=21 January 2025|title=Forgotten British Moguls: Nat Cohen – Part Three (1962-68)}}</ref> ===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Institution ! Year ! Category ! Nominee(s) ! Result ! Ref. |- | rowspan="5"| [[Academy Awards]] | rowspan="5"| [[38th Academy Awards|1965]] | [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | [[Joseph Janni]] | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="5"|<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |title=The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners |access-date=4 September 2011 |work=oscars.org}}</ref> |- | [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | [[John Schlesinger]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | [[Julie Christie]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]] | [[Frederic Raphael]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design – Black-and-White]] | [[Julie Harris (costume designer)|Julie Harris]] | {{won}} |- | rowspan="6"| [[British Academy Film Awards]] | rowspan="6"| [[19th British Academy Film Awards|1965]] | [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best British Film]] | John Schlesinger | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="6"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1966/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1966 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1966 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1966}}}}</ref> |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best British Actor]] | [[Dirk Bogarde]] | {{won}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best British Actress]] | Julie Christie | {{won}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay|Best British Screenplay]] | Frederic Raphael | {{won}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best British Art Direction – Black-and-White]] | [[Ray Simm]] | {{won}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best British Cinematography – Black-and-White]] | [[Kenneth Higgins]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Directors Guild of America Awards]] | [[18th Directors Guild of America Awards|1965]] | [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]] | John Schlesinger | {{nom}} | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1960s/1965.aspx?value=1965 |title=18th DGA Awards |website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"| [[Golden Globe Awards]] | rowspan="3"| [[23rd Golden Globe Awards|1965]] | colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film|Best English-Language Foreign Film]] | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="3"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/darling |title=Darling – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=5 July 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1966}}}}</ref> |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] | Julie Christie | {{nom}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]] | John Schlesinger | {{nom}} |- | [[Laurel Awards]] | 1965 | Top Female Dramatic Performance | rowspan="2"| Julie Christie | {{won}} | align="center"| |- | Mexican Cinema Journalists | 1967 | Best Foreign Actress | {{won}} | align="center"| |- | [[Moscow International Film Festival]] | [[4th Moscow International Film Festival|1965]] | Grand Prix | John Schlesinger | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | rowspan="3"| [[National Board of Review Awards]] | rowspan="3"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1965|1965]] | colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]] | {{draw|6th Place}} | align="center" rowspan="3"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1965/ |title=1965 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref> |- | [[National Board of Review Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | John Schlesinger | {{won}} |- | [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | Julie Christie | {{won}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[New York Film Critics Circle|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]] | rowspan="3"| [[1965 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|1965]] | colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="3"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1965 |title=1965 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref> |- | [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | John Schlesinger | {{won}} |- | [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | Julie Christie | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[Writers' Guild of Great Britain|Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards]] | rowspan="2"| 1965 | Best British Comedy Screenplay | rowspan="2"| Frederic Raphael | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://writersguild.org.uk/writers-guild-awards-1965/ |title=Writers' Guild Awards 1965 |website=[[Writers' Guild of Great Britain]] |access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref> |- | Outstanding British Original Screenplay | {{won}} 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