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Portnoy's Complaint is a 1972 American comedy film written and directed by Ernest Lehman. His screenplay is based on the bestselling 1969 novel of the same name by Philip Roth. It was Lehman's first and only directorial effort.
Ebert criticizes the movie adaptation of Roth's novel as a fiasco, lacking humor, satire and Jewishness. He praises Roth's book as a liberating and authentic comedy about masturbation and sexual repression.
Portnoy's Complaint is a 1969 American novel by Philip Roth. Its success turned Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality, including detailed depictions of masturbation using various props including a piece of liver. [3]
A 2004 adaptation of Philip Roth's novel about a neurotic man's sexual and familial issues. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and audiences, who criticized its tone, pacing, and faithfulness to the source material.
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.
Thirty-three-year-old New York Commissioner of Human Opportunity Alexander Portnoy is obsessed with sexual thoughts. Walking down the street, he is attracted to almost every woman he passes, but his lecherous impulses are curtailed by the image in his mind of his ex-girl friend, Mary Jane Reid, falling from the sky.
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