The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
47 audience votes
Key crew
- Eleanor PerryScreenplay
- Frank PerryDirector
Cast
- Carrie SnodgressTina Balser
- Richard BenjaminJonathan Balser
- Frank LangellaGeorge Prager
- Lorraine CullenSylvie Balser
- Frannie MichelLiz Balser
- Lee AddomsMrs. Prinz
- Peter DohanosSamuel Keefer
- Katherine MeskillCharlotte Rady
- Leonard ElliottM. Henri
- ValmaMargo
- Hilda HaynesLottie
- Donald SymingtonPediatrician
Stills
Themes
adulteryinfidelitynew york citylove trianglehousewifemarital problembored housewifeabusive marriage