Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786300269361 Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6300269361 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: September 01, 1998 Running Time: 101 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1972 Sales Rank: 13063
Description: Adaptation of Philip Roth's novel about a troubled relationship between a Jewish boy and his mother.
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Rating: - I recently read Philip Roth did not like this movie...
but I thought it captured the book quite well. Poor Richard Benjamin, he was soooooo good at playing the slimey characters, wasnt he? This and Diary of a Mad Housewife....This is not as funny as the book, ... Read More
Rating: - Total Classic
I disagree that this movie is dated. I was born long before it's release and caught it one night on Bravo many years ago. It's highly offensive and absolutley hysterical. This deserves to be on DVD.
Rating: - Bring Back Alexander Portnoy or I'll Complain!
I saw Portnoy's Complaint when it first hit the theatres back in the early 1970s. I was just a teenager going through my own trials and tribulations at the time. I didn't give this movie much merit; I didn't ... Read More
Rating: - An Excellent Movie!!
In this 1972 movie,directed by Earnest Lehman based on the novel.Starring Richard Benjamin as Alexander Portnoy during his session with his analyst,goes on from one flashback to another about his his family,childhood,sexual ... Read More
- I recently read Philip Roth did not like this movie...