Fred Draper, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes

An intense study of the breakup of a 14-year-old marriage using a cinema-verite style.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 9 min.

Directed by: John Cassavetes

Release Date: November 24, 1968

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DVD Release Date: April 6, 1999

Stats: 241 reviews

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  • January 14, 2008
    Amazing, Intense, Surreal.

    Like Paul Greengrass filming Eyes Wide Shut as directed by Richard Linklater
  • December 20, 2007
    My second Cassavetes, it's definitely superior to Shadows. Like his first film it has a very raw, edgy feel with great performances by all the actors. John Cassavetes lends such great depths to all of them as we see how emotionally dissatisfied they are beneath their hollow lau...( read more)ghter and content facades.
  • November 10, 2006
    Such a crazy and amazing movie.
  • May 2, 2008
    An excellent piece of cinema. It has an almost documentary style which makes you feel as if you are eavesdropping on real people in real situations. This of course is down to the brilliant acting, which is so raw and powerful. Cassavetes style won't be for everyone, but it's wort...( read more)h sitting through the 2 hours plus just for the acting alone.
  • March 7, 2007
    Cassavetes created an interesting view from the men and women perspective of beginning, middle and end of a relationship.
  • September 18, 2009
    WEB. La simetría que construyen las dos historias se siente algo "impuesta", pero lo que cada una encierra (y lo que las une) es tan real, tan perspicaz y tan bien encaminada, que la película debe considerarse exitosa. / The symmetry that both stories create feels rather "imposed...( read more)", but what each one offers and what links them together is so real, so perceptive and so well enrouted, that the movie must be deemed successful.
  • August 31, 2009
    This movie is the standard upon which all reality-based film-making today should be compared to -- nothing comes close to it. It was s-o-o ahead of it's time. The lead women characters / actresses are stunningly beautiful and embody that classical Hollywood beauty of old. But wha...( read more)t stood out most for me about this film is the purity of substance in theme; of what is deemed as "a good time"; which consists of nothing more than people's company, some booze, and the non-existence of access to the internet.
  • August 15, 2009
    Very amazing classic movie.
  • August 10, 2009
    surrealistically real.
  • May 1, 2009
    Filmado de uma forma perfeita para você captar o pensamento dos personagens.

Critic Reviews


October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Faces is the sort of film that makes you want to grab people by the neck and drag them into the theater and shout: 'Here!' full review

February 26, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

John Marley and Lynn Carlin play the conflicted couple with a raw emotional reality that is uncomfortable to watch and impossible to forget. full review

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