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Husbands and Wives (1992)

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Average Rating: 8.3/10
Reviews Counted: 36
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Husbands and Wives is a blistering, emotionally raw snapshot of two marriages self-destructing.

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Critic Reviews: 10
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Husbands and Wives is a blistering, emotionally raw snapshot of two marriages self-destructing.

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One of Woody Allen's most seemingly biographical films, Husbands and Wives opens with upper-middle class Manhattan couple Sally (Judy Davis) and Jack (Sydney Pollack) announcing to their best friends, the Roths, that they are splitting up. Gabe Roth (Allen) and his wife Judy (Mia Farrow) are taken aback by their casual revelation. Jack begins dating his dim, but sexy, aerobics instructor and Sally starts up a tentative romance with Michael (Liam Neeson). Gabe and Judy begin analyzing their

R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Woody Allen

In Theaters: Oct 18, 1992 Wide

On DVD: Apr 16, 2002

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Woody Allen
Gabe Roth
Judy Davis
Sally
Mia Farrow
Judy Roth
Sydney Pollack
Jack
Juliette Lewis
Rain
Liam Neeson
Michael
Lysette Anthony
Sam
Blythe Danner
Rain's Mother
Cristi Conaway
Shawn Grainger
Tim Jerome
Paul
Ron Rifkin
Rain's Analyst
Jerry Zaks
Dinner Party Guest
Bruce Jay Friedman
Peter Styles
Benno Schmidt
Judy's Ex-Husband
Jeffrey Kurland
Interviewer, Narrator
Caroline Aaron
Dinner Party Guest
Ron August
Rain's Ex-Lover
Irene Blackman
Receptionist
Merv Bloch
Birthday Party Guest
Galaxy Craze
Harriet
John Doumanian
Hampton's Party Guest
Kenneth Edelson
Gabe's Novel Montage
Matthew Flint
Rain's Boyfriend
Jessica Frankston
Birthday Party Guest
Rebecca Glenn
Gail
Lisa Gustin
Gabe's Novel Montage
Philip Levy
Taxi Dispatcher
Brian McConnachie
Rain's Father
Adelaide Mestre
Banducci Family Member
Nick Metropolis
TV Scientist
Anthony Nocerino
Gabe's Novel Montage
Connie Picard
Banducci Family Member
Steve Randazzo
Banducci Family Member
Gordon Rigsby
Hampton's Party Guest
Victor Truro
Gabe's Novel Montage
Tony Turco
Banducci Family Member
Michelle Turley
Gabe's Novel Montage
Ira Wheeler
Dinner Party Guest
Nora Ephron
Dinner Party Guest
Kenny Vance
Gabe's Novel Montage
Jack Richardson
Dinner Party Guest
Timothy Jerome

Critic Reviews for Husbands and Wives

All Critics (36) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (37) | Rotten (0) | DVD (12)

In all respects, this is a full meal, as it deals with the things of life with intelligence, truthful drama and rueful humor.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

Top Critic

Allen's conception of character is as banal and shallow as ever, but the lively performances of some of his actors and the novelty of the film's style make this more watchable than many of his features.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

It doesn't suffer from the compulsive tidiness of some of Allen's later movies -- the juices are flowing, the hysteria is closer to the surface -- and in this looser, more volatile atmosphere his extraordinary cast gets to soar.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Newsweek

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Top Critic

Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives is a very fine, sometimes brutal comedy about a small group of contemporary New Yorkers.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

Husbands and Wives is a defining film for these emotionally embattled times; it's classic Woody Allen.

May 12, 2001 Comment

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

What Husbands and Wives argues is that many "rational" relationships are actually not as durable as they seem, because somewhere inside every person is a child crying me! me! me!

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Smart, sensitive and packed with quality performances.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

Excellent performances from Pollack and Davis in particular, make this one of Woody's finest of the 90s.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Mark Honigsbaum

Empire Magazine

This last waltz between America's most prestigious film couple has a tone of muted regret, not confession or sensationalism.

September 24, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Too bad that the Allen-Farrow scandal erupted before this movie for it's one of Allen's best serio comedies with wonderful performances (particularly Judy Davis), but questions of life imitating art or art imitating life are inevitable while watching it

October 26, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Bleak yet strangely compelling look at modern romance.

May 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

With excellent performances (Davis and Pollack in particular), it's his finest film since Hannah and Her Sisters.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

One of [Woody Allen's] greatest films.

November 8, 2004 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Allen in moderately experimental mode. Good, but not one of his best.

November 20, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The acting is top notch.

November 13, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Dragan Antulov

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This is one of Woody Allen's best films to date, combining some of his finest serious writing about relationships, in the style of Hannah and her Sisters, with humor that's all the more effective thanks to its dark, edgy context.

July 30, 2003 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Audience Reviews for Husbands and Wives

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Whether you are a fan of Allen or not, this film needs to be watched for the opening scene alone. When Jack (Sydney Pollack) and Sally (Sally Davis) come over for a dinner at their friend's Gabe (Woody Allen) and Judy's (Mia Farrow) house, they inform the unexpecting couple that their marriage is dissolving. This is

February 25, 2011

Reid Volk

Super Reviewer

I have decided that I will limit myself to one Woody Allen film in the films I consider my "favorites," and this shall be the one. Annie Hall may be the world's darling, but this is truly a neglected jewel in the American cinema. It's clever ("Life doesn't imitate art; it imitates bad television" haha Juliette Lewis

June 9, 2007

Jennifer Xu

Super Reviewer

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1. Sally: It was a huge blow to my ego. You know, I thought he loved me, that, uh, that we were experimenting, you know.
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