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PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT

Director:

  Ernest Lehman
  

Year Released:

  1972

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

< 3 out of 5

n/a out of 5

Key Performances:

  Richard Benjamin
  Karen Black
  Lee Grant
  Jack Somack
  Jewish Stereotypes
Movie Haiku:Truly noxious screen adaptation of a ground-breaking book that was already over the edge of good taste on the page. Jan gets that Philip Roth is a "Great American Author" (& a native of her very own shtetl--the Weequhaic section of Newark, NJ) but that doesn''''t make it any easier to watch! Never seen by Rich & he''''s in no rush.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  Yes

Haiku Posted:

  2011