the husband. the wife. her sister. his friend.
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
Dramasexual obsessionsexualityorgasmspannerlouisianalonginginterviewlove affairvideotapevoyeurismminimal
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Character
Contemplative, intimate, prestige and spare.
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
Who loves it, who doesn't
23 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Ironists.
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Cast
- James SpaderGraham Dalton
- Andie MacDowellAnn Bishop Mullany
- Peter GallagherJohn Mullany
- Laura San GiacomoCynthia Bishop
- Ron VawterTherapist
- Steven BrillBarfly
- Alexandra RootGirl on Tape
- Earl T. TaylorLandlord
- David FoilJohn's Colleague
Crew
- Steven SoderberghDirector
- Steven SoderberghWriter
- Walt LloydDirector of Photography
- Cliff MartinezOriginal Music Composer
- Steven SoderberghEditor
- John HardyProducer
- Robert NewmyerProducer
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