A Woman under the Influence Movie Review 1974

Strong performances highlight this overlong drama about a family's disintegration. Rowlands is the lonely, middle-aged housewife who's having a breakdown and Falk is her blue-collar husband who can't handle what's going on.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 147 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sanity Check, Marriage, Family Ties

Screenplay

John Cassavetes

Cast

Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Matthew Cassel, Matthew Laborteaux, Christina Grisanti

Cinematography

Caleb Deschanel, Mitch Breit

Director

John Cassavetes

Producer

Sam Shaw, Al Ruban

Awards

Golden Globes 1975: Actress--Drama (Rowlands); Natl. Bd. of Review 1974: Actress (Rowlands), Natl. Film Reg. 1990.