And anyway, regardless of one's opinion of it, "Portnoy's Complaint" is a much more justifiable movie than "Independence Day" or Bio-Dome". after Alexander Portnoy 1933- A disorder in which strongly-felt. All of this is a shame, because a movie might have been made from 'Portnoys Complaint' that was both true and funny. Portnoy of the movie is simply a morass of frantic dialog, clumsily photographed. Some people may wonder why they made this into a movie, but it definitely shows a side of life that we too often forget about. The Sophie Portnoy of Roths novel was at least a recognizable caricature. Alexander Portnoy's struggle to balance intellectual well-meaning and a wide-ranging libido against. Alexander's mother is truly the sort of mother whom no one wants to have (she takes a certain bizarre interest in the results of people's bodily functions). Portnoy's complaint, Portnoy's complaint (Roth, Philip) 'Both an outrageous capstone to America's sexual revolution and an expose of Jewish-American angst, Portnoy's Complaint inspired readers to vitriol and ecstasy upon its publication in 1969. Philip Roth's two most famous novels (the other one was "Goodbye, Columbus") both dealt with Jewish neurosis. As Alexander says at one point: "I'm living my life as a Jewish joke." The sad part is, much what happens in "Portnoy's Complaint" probably really happened. He dates a number of women, but none of them work out. Through a session with his psychiatrist, he tells the story of how his overbearing mother (Lee Grant) kept a little bit too tight a rein on his sexuality during his formative years, and he ended up with a mangled view of relationships. Whoa! I've heard of some screwed up people, but Alexander Portnoy (Richard Benjamin) belongs in a class on his own.
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