Carnal Knowledge
1971, R, 98 min.
Directed by Mike Nichols, Starring Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Rita Moreno.

Mike Nichols’ fourth film, a Jules Feiffer-scripted drama, examines changing sexual mores from midcentury America to the sexual revolution. Findings are bleak.

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