realistic

RunPepe

Definitely the best "woman's" film I've ever seen, and definitely Philip Kaufman's best film, period.  The screenplay is excellent, the dialogue sounding very natural, which enhances the characters.  The acting is incredible, as no one seems like they are acting, just reacting to each other and their circumstances the way anyone else would in life.  Martin (Michael Murphy) crying, instead of being emotionless or hostile, when he tells his wife, Erica (Jill Clayburgh), he has fallen in love with another woman could almost be considered a stroke of genius.  It is touches like these that make An Unmarried Woman one of the most realistic films out there, really digging into the psychology of the human mind without losing emotion.

score 9/10

RunPepe 10 October 2003

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