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I, Tina Balser, Housewife, Did Not Do My Chores Today. I Did...Something Else!
I, Tina Balser, Housewife, Did Not Do My Chores Today. I Did...Someth...
Comedy, Drama - 1970
Diary of a Mad Housewife
7.1
77%
N/A
Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.
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Diary of a Mad Housewife
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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
10 Aug 1970
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
What makes the movie work, however, is that it's played entirely from the housewife's point of view, and that the housewife is played brilliantly by Carrie Snodgress.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Among the performers, Carrie Snodgress will surely receive the critical praise she deeply deserves.
– Roger Greenspun,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
It's an entertaining satire that disappoints only in the stereotypically limited choices it offers to the woman.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
An engrossing story of the disintegration of a modern loveless marriage.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
30 Oct 2007
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