Ann-Margret, Art Garfunkel, Candice Bergen
Still hot from the success of Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces, Jack Nicholson solidified his reputation as the brightest star of the New Hollywood movement when he appeared in this 1971 ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 15, 2001
Stats: 204 reviews
Carnal Knowldege is a tragedy about two clueless, anxious men. It is one of them dialog-ridden films that don't struggle against their own self-awareness( oh, what smart dialogue, let's just try to outsmart the audience... No). All in all, it is very direct concerning its ...( read more)
A precursor to another cool Mike Nichols flick, Closer. Jack Nicholson is nothing short of amazing and Ann-Margaret was surprisingly great. The Ballbusters on Parade scene was great even if the final scene was a bit creepy. I loved the first act and the fact that there were shots...( read more)
It was an interesting film with a great performance (when is he not great?) by Jack Nicholson. However, it was a little too slow-moving and probably not something I would watch again.
Finally got around to seeing this notorious Mike Nichols film about misogyny and sex from the fifties through the seventies (the present at the time). I thought Nicholson?s performance was fantastic, this might have been his career best, but I?ll have to think about that. The d...( read more)
Really enjoyed this film. I am a big fan of Closer and am becoming an even bigger fan of Mike Nichols with every one of his gems that I am watching. As a director, he brilliantly works with actors and really knows how to bring the best out of them. Outside of Catch 22, I didn't k...( read more)
This movie is quite far ahead of its time in a lot of ways, so I find it difficult to compare it to the other works of its generation. Like Mike Nichols's The Graduate, this one is groundbreaking in terms of its sexual depictions. But in some ways it's even more powerful than The...( read more)
Art Garfunkel is definitely wooden and makes a weird counterpoint to Jack Nicholson, who was young and hot, but the cast of women could NOT be better, including Candice Bergen, Ann-Margret, Carol Kane, and Rita Moreno. The sensitive Art Garfunkel comes out better in the end than ...( read more)
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