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Obient

17May12

Cassavetes must be proud could direct actors like Ben Gazzara & Peter Falk. And of course Ben Gazzara & Peter Falk proud directed by Cassavetes. Amazing acting, especially at first half of film.

I acknowledge this isn't his best film but it is my favorite for whatever reason. I know the critics prefer "A Woman Under the Influence" & the hipsters prefer "Killing of a Chinese Bookie" but this one is mine. This has to be the best "Mid-life crisis movie" ever. I'm nothing like either of these 3 guys nor am I as old as they are or approve of their choices but I relate on some level.

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Langston Young

8May12

My favorite also :)

msmichel

8Apr12

In my twenties I found the film insufferable, now in my forties I only find the characters insufferable. Film is an overindulgent examination of three close friends suddenly being confronted with their own mortality and acting out in an adolescent way. One knows that one is commiting heresy by questioning the work of Cassavetes but my lord this one needed an editor. Powerhouse performance by Ben Gazzara though.

Matt Turner

12Feb12

'A picture that doesn't have any sentimentality in it, but has a great deal of feeling in it. And it has the kind of emotions that we all experience but you really don't see on the screen. The kind of emotions that get lost because they are no longer contrived...'

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allyclow

14Jan12

At times funny, tragic, misguided and humane, Husbands is the perfect vehicle for Cassavetes to explore the male relationship in all its imperfect glory.

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Drew Kelly

16Dec11

One of the most surreal and simultaneously human experiences I've had.

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CPJr

3Nov11

this film changed my life... enough said.

Colton Bose likes this

Subterranean Cinema

20Jun11

One of the funniest films ever, and I think it was his best film, by far.

poyo!

6Apr11

hei de rever

yroc

12Jan11

Another great explorartion of people feeling trapped in life--pigeonholed by roles dictated to them. The monotony of a life put into perspective by the death of a close friend. Plus, it pretty much became a blueprint for most men-searching-for-clarity films to come after it.

POVERO STRACCI

5Jan11

Some people actually feel uncomfortable when watching this. But that is only because this film has that raw capability, powerful setting. The camera acts purely as the individual's eye and intensifies the viewing even more, which as we all know, is a common trait in the films of Mr. Cassavetes.

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bees can see ultraviolet light

4Jan11

I loved every moment of it once they got to england.

Danny Kana

8Dec10

realism at its best. although I didn't like the ending. the bar singing scene was incredible.

Zac Zellers

13Nov10

psychologically nauseating to watch. sometimes i feel more uncomfortable on the actors' behalf rather than the characters.

Benjamin

21Oct10

I disagree. Darjeeling Limited is cartoonish. This movie is beautiful. Cassavetes is a God to me.

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asanisemasa

12Aug10

fun, passionate..his scenes are like dear memories; i don't know of any director who better captures the skin and bone non-bullshit essence of people.

Salaway Gennaro

28Jun10

I love love love this picture, but The Darjeeling Limited is more fun

Jack Lehtonen

27Jun10

The best Cassavetes I've seen, just stunning.

Marie Petrogianis

14May10

"No cute ! Real ! From the heart ! From the heart ! From the heart!"

Brian Padian

10May10

wow. i generally love cassavetes but this is a steamy pile of self-indulgence. the singing scene kills it dead in its tracks, followed by the vomiting scene which jams the knife in further. toss in some barking, clapping, wheezy laughter, some choking of women. rinse. repeat. sorry, being formless and meaningless is not the same as being verite. hated it.

10May10

"Don't believe truth", Gus says. This is a comedy as much as The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a gangster picture. As Harry would say: "Wonderful, wonderful,"

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JP. Schmidt

26Apr10

One of the best experiences I've had with the cinema in recent memory.

rynmcgnns

11Apr10

I think 'Faces' and 'Killing of a Chinese Bookie' are masterpieces, but 'Husbands' was far too drab and one-note for me. While I understand that's it's probably the most thorough exercise in Cassavetes' principles (the final episode of 'Opening Night' is the only other contender), I found that the vérité conceit wore thin faster here than in his other projects. And I usually like studies of regressive males.

PETE GCDB

4Apr10

John Cassavetes had more raw emotional content in one of his films than most directors have in their entire filmographies.

Sunny!

1Apr10

Ben Gazzara is an amazing actor.

traag-1

15Feb10

quintessential Cassavettes see's his favorite players go through marital and middle age crisis through a series of fly on the wall scenes that leave them vulnerable and questioning everything...after watching this I was reminded of Cassavetes' status as the best INDIE director in history and that NOBODY does anger like Ben Gazzara...I'm in great need of a criterion release.

Vincent Bergeron

30Jan10

I am straight man, but I don't get male rituals...How boring ! I prefer women.

Kenrick Block

5Jan10

Right after the viewing I honestly didn't think too much of it... But as time passed it lingered in the deepest darkest parts of my subconscious AND IT WOULDN'T LET GO. Again, John Cassavetes finds incredible and even scary sides of the American dream.