Husbands (1970)

Directed by

John Cassavetes

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 18m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 163 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three middle class men in their forties struggle with grief and a sense of emptiness after their best friend dies. They go on a bender, acting out and traveling together, trying to escape their ordinary lives.

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What happens

Husbands is a 1970 American comedy-drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It stars Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, and Cassavetes as three middle class men in the throes of a midlife crisis following the death of a close friend. Distributed by Columbia Pictures, Husbands polarized critics upon release. Jay Cocks of Time described it as Cassavetes's finest work, but other critics, including Vincent Canby, Pauline Kael, and Roger Ebert, lambasted it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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