 | The Cavalier daily Monday, March 29, 1971 |  |
"Sick Humor"
"I Love My Wife," like "Diary
of a Mad Housewife," tries to be a
serious examination of modern
marriage, disguised as a comedy. In
these films, Gould, Vaccaro, and
Richard Benjamin (in "Housewife")
are all mentally sick people, but
conceived as pitiful caricatures.
There is, again, a gross or "sick"
type of humor in the films.
In both, the endings leave us
empty and frustrated. There was a
ray of hope that Carrie Snodgress
would lead a better life as a
housewife, but we know Gould will
never abandon hopping from bed to
bed. If "I Love My Wife" had more
substance, we could accept this
ending, and the film. Instead, we
come damn close to being bored.
(Now at the Paramount)
| The Cavalier daily Monday, March 29, 1971 | |