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Carnal Knowledge
A series of set pieces dedicated to proving the unworkability of sexual relationships. So premeditated and predictable are the moves of actors and camera that the supposed human fickleness comes across more as a kind of conspiracy. The script is by Jules Feiffer, which is not hard to tell, and the studied direction of Mike Nichols does not animate the proceedings much beyond one of Feiffer's cartoons. With Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margret, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel. 1971.
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MPAA Rating: R