Directed by Frank Perry
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(YouTube)
Uneven but not uninteresting story of bullied housewife Carrie Snodgress. She is married to Richard Benjamin, who plays perhaps the most obnoxious husband in cinema history, and she quietly carries out his daily orders about laundry, food, Christmas gifts, etc. She meets a selfish writer at a club where Alice Cooper is on stage and destroying their set, and they start an affair. He's not much better than her husband as far as personality, but they seem to hit it off in bed. A Christmas party for her husband's snobby friends ends in disaster and he afterwards admits an affair, but she does not admit hers. A tacked-on ending shows Carrie talking to a support group with her psychiatrist. Carrie is very good in her Oscar nominated role, but you have to wonder why she hangs out with such unpleasant men.
No comments:
Post a Comment