Carnal Knowledge

Year: 1971

Grade: B-

Country: USA

Director: Nichols

Review

a pair of college roommates talk about sex a lot and go through several relationships. garfunkel and nicholson are both good and the dialogue was engaging. it’s nowhere near the brilliance of the graduate. frankly, it’s abundantly clear by now that nichols is a fine, but unexceptional director who got lucky with the graduate. he was a good player on a great team. here he’s a good player on a good team and the outcome is a decent, decidedly 70s picture. it was entertainingly enough, but i’m not sure where it was going.