Portnoy's Complaint
Some book. Some movie.
1972 · 1h 41m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Ernest Lehman
Overview
During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.
Director and cast
- Ernest Lehman Director
- Karen Black as Mary Jane Reid
- Richard Benjamin as Alexander Portnoy
- Lee Grant as Sophie Portnoy
- Jack Somack as Jack Portnoy
- Renée Lippin as Hannah Portnoy
- Jeannie Berlin as Bubbles Girardi
- Kevin Conway as Smolka
- John Carradine as Judge
- Lewis J. Stadlen as Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen)
- Jill Clayburgh Cast
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