One of the most controversial movies of its time this thought-provoking (Leonard Maltin) comedy-drama from legendary director Mike Nichols is a funny yet poignant look at relationships as seen through the eyes of two friends over a 20-year period. Superbly crafted by playwright Jules Feiffer Carnal Knowledge is brimming with touching insights sexy banter and powerful performances by three-time Oscar winner Jack Nicholson Ann-Margaret Candice Bergen and pop music icon Arthur Garfunkel. Jonathan (Nicholson) and Sandy (Garfunkel) are college roommates who share an endless... fascination - and obsession - with women. As time goes by their relentless pursuit for the joys of the flesh becomes more competitive. And more damaging. Soon Jonathan and Sandy's lives become a vicious circle of girls booze and unfulfillment and they realize only too late that in the war of the sexes they are their own worst enemy... [show more]
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Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) and Sandy (Art Garfunkel) find their sexual attitudes and aptitudes changing as they move through life from college to middle age. When they share a room as students, Jonathan gives Sandy tips on women, only to conduct an affair with Sandy's girlfriend Susan (Candice Bergen) behind his back. Later, after Sandy and Susan are married, Jonathan conducts a long affair with Bobbie (Ann-Margret), and faces a difficult decision after she attempts suicide.
Director Mike Nichols's provocative film based on a Jules Feiffer script about the changes in America's sexual mores over the course of the three decades chronicles the bitter experiences of two middle-class American males Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) a cruel but charismatic misogynist and Sandy (Art Garfunkel) a bland idealist meet as roommates at a small New England college in the 1940s As their friendship progresses through the following decades their search for the ideal woman leads to failed marriages bad relationships and emotional emptiness Nichols is particularly adept at negotiating the kind of psychological minefield presented in CARNAL KNOWLEDGE Nicholson is fascinating to watch but the supporting women including Candice Bergen and Ann-Margret supply the soul Nichols uses a shadowy film noir technique that underscores the movie's exploration of the uncertainty in relationships and also employs long close-ups that offer the characters no room to prevaricate in his bleak vision of men women and romance
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