Newlywed Problems Abound in "The Family Way"

Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett.These days, The Family Way (1966) is best-known for featuring one of Hayley Mills' first grown-up roles and a music score by Paul McCartney. Viewers expecting a song-laden soundtrack by McCartney will be disappointed. It's a pretty pedestrian instrumental score, to be honest, though notable because Paul did it while still a Beatle. On the other hand, Hayley Mills fans will enjoy her nuanced performance as a newlywed--even if her own father, John Mills, steals the film.Hayley and Hywel Bennett star as Jenny and Arthur, a young, working-class couple in Lancashire whose marriage remains unconsummated due to a lack of privacy, interfering in-laws, and personal anxiety. To make matter worse: they can't get their own place due to a housing shortage; they lose their honeymoon money in a scam; and they barely see each other because Arthur works nights as a movie projectionist. But their biggest challenge is the lack of physical intimacy in their marriage--Arthur…