Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)
Directed by Frank Perry · 95 min · Comedy, Drama
21.4 TOPICAL score · #4,377 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970, directed by Frank Perry) has a TOPICAL score of 21.4 - ranked 4,377 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on cast. It won 1 award from 2 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 82% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.7/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.2/10 (47 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 16 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics82% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.7/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.2/10 (47 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 2 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 16 languages
- Still read5,603 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Carrie Snodgress, Richard Benjamin (actor #1,775), Frank Langella (actor #936), Lorraine Cullen