Little Murders

THE PLOT: A woman (Rodd) who practices the art of positive thinking despite her very dismal urban surroundings decides to marry and 'reform' a very detached man (Gould) who has dropped out of society and no longer shares any hope in... Full review

I asked the clerk at my local video store to suggest a comedy from the 70's on VHS as my DVD player was broken. He recommended Little Murders and got a glazed over look in his eye and an idiots... Full review

Sutherland's wedding monologue is so delightfully inspired, it should be available SOMEWHERE on the internet via search engine, but since it is not, I have quoted Jules Feiffer's brilliant writing below. Remember this is supposed to be a marriage ceremony:... Full review

When they were all in their heyday, Elliott Gould, Alan Arkin (who also directed) and Donald Sutherland collaborated on the over-the-top black comedy "Little Murders", in which Gould plays emotionally vacant New York photographer Alfred Chamberlain, hooking up with vivacious... Full review

I just watched this film because my dad recommended it as a movie heremember as being funny…mabey. I was skeptical at the beginning, I thought to myself a dated film with an absurd summery on the back. The only reason... Full review

Finally seen this after many years of hearing about it. Don't know what to make of it. The acting in this film is incredible, everyone is giving 100%. Arkin clearly was letting his fellow actors do their job. The script... Full review

This is a pretty strange little flick about dysfunction in NYC in the early 70's. I'm glad I did not have the misfortune to grow up in such a place. This is very oddball humor at times, but if Jules... Full review

If you have not been fortunate enough to have viewed this comic masterpiece, I can only believe that you have yet to consider yourself alive.This film is truly a pure comic farce and one of my all time favorites.I saw... Full review

It doesn't get any darker than this, folks. Jules Feiffer shows off his penchant for absurdity and his mastery of the monologue (Lou Jacobi, Donald Sutherland and director Alan Arkin each get one powerhouse scene where it's basically all them... Full review

A black comedy in every sense of the word. It's too bad that Alan Arkin doesn't direct more movies because he really scored with this one. It's a movie that still seems so fresh today because of its storyline, even... Full review

Arkin said, shortly after the film was released, that he'd only seen his movie once in a theater, and he was afraid to go again. An illustration would be Donald Sutherland 's brilliant cameo as a progressive minister who uses the concept of love as a bludgeon. ... Full Review

"Feeling like the only sane man in a nuthouse," 30-year-old William S. Burroughs writes with a weary noir sigh, "doesn't make you feel superior but depressed and scared, because there is nobody you can contact." ... Full Article

Today is Jules Feiffer's 80th birthday. He's been winning prizes for his work since, at age 5, he received a gold medal in a children's art contest. ... Full Article

Uneasy Riders - American Film in the Nixon Years: Alan Arkin's "Little Murders" is a directorial debut in which he blends absurdist black comedy and emotion, adapting Jules Feiffer's play about an apathetic New York photographer reluctantly starting a relationship.... ... Full Article