Ben Gazzara, Delores Delmar, Jenny Lee Wright

A trio on the brink on male menopause search for lost youth, moving from barroom to basketball court to gaming tables, to a series of sordid hotel room trysts -- and back home again for the dreaded mo...( read more  read more... )rning after.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 34 min.

Directed by: John Cassavetes

Release Date: December 8, 1970

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DVD Release Date: August 18, 2009

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  • October 20, 2009
    I am a huge Cassavettes fan and am the first one to say that this film is not for everyone. There are sections of this film (like most of his films) that people will find boring and way over the top, but it's something I find enduring and really enjoy watching. This is one of the...( read more) first times where I have actually watched a Cassavettes film and thought, yeah, he could of cut some of this stuff out. Overall, I still enjoyed hanging out with John, Ben, and Peter for nearly three hours and going into this film, it's best to realize that is what you are doing. I think the film, for me, really picked up in the second half when the crew heads to London (the scenes of the three of these guys picking up women was everything I wanted it to be: awkward, funny, strange, and real). This is also definitely one of the best looking of Cassavettes' films with Victor J, Kemper adding technique to Cassavettes shoot from the hip style. Like most of his films, it probably just needs another watch.
  • February 9, 2009
    horse legs, orientoooooooo... we're goin home
  • November 25, 2008
    Beautiful film about real people. These guys are in their element. Some classic scenes of friendship and intimacy, especially after they pick up the girls, but just a little too long.
  • June 27, 2007
    Cassavetes in his most jaw-dropping and revealing portrayal of flawed characters. Unforgettable.
  • June 21, 2007
    An engaging treatise on 1970s machismo, this is seriously one of the funniest/saddest movies I have ever seen about friendship.
  • June 4, 2007
    haven't seen it in a long time but made an impression, cassavetes, one of the best!
  • March 7, 2007
    Cassavetes. What can you say about him? Probably the best director in American film ever.

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August 5, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press

The history of American male aggression and insecurity comes filtered through Cassavetes, Falk and Gazzara's bravado. Better than authentic, they're fascinating. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

John Cassavetes' Husbands is disappointing in the way Antonioni's Zabriskie Point was. It shows an important director not merely failing, but not even understanding why. full review

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