An Unmarried Woman

Name: An Unmarried Woman
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: March 5, 1978
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Alan Bates, Andrew Duncan, Cliff Gorman, Daniel Seltzer, Jill Clayburgh

1978

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Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: March 5, 1978 | R

Starring: Alan Bates, Andrew Duncan, Cliff Gorman, Daniel Seltzer, Jill Clayburgh, Kelly Bishop, Linda Miller, Lisa Lucas, Michael Murphy, Patricia Quinn

Summary: A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of sixteen years leaves her for a younger woman.

Director: Paul Mazursky

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 124 min

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Roger Ebert

Mazursky's films have considered the grave and funny business of sex before (most memorably in Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice and Blume in Love). But he's never before been this successful at really dealing with the complexities and following them through. Read full review

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Mick LaSalle

This is the defining feminist film of the decade and one of the most important women's vehicles in popular American cinema. [15 Jan 2006, p.28]

Melissa Pierson

In An Unmarried Woman, Paul Mazursky’s realist look at the dissolution of a marriage, Jill Clayburgh brought its effects to near-harrowing life. Read full review

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Paul Mazursky's excellent screenplay presents Jill Clayburgh in a most demanding role where she is torn between conflicting forces following the surprise confession of weak-willed husband Michael Murphy that he has fallen in love with another woman. Read full review

Robert Martin

Clayburgh is in every frame of the film and you never tire of her even when you occasionally weary of writer-producer-director Paul Mazursky's cuteness. [21 Mar 1978]

Chuck Bowen

Mazursky finds the politics in the wrinkles of human behavior, rather than contriving behavior to suit his politics. Read full review

Dave Kehr

A New York movie with a California soul—superficially gritty but soft in the center, in a silly est sort of way. Read full review

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