- Release Date: 1972
- Runtime: 101 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Starring: Dyan Cannon, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill, Ken Howard ... see all
- Director: Otto Preminger
- Plot: Julie Messinger (Dyan Cannon) has it made. She is a New York housewife whose husband, Richard (Laurence Luckinbill), is an editor for a prominent photography magazine. They have a small... Read more
User Reviews
Such An Out-Dated Movie
Aug 20, 2006
BachlorinParadise - imdb.com
Aug 20, 2006BachlorinParadise - imdb.com
I'm a big fan of the beautiful, sexy, and talented Dyan Cannon. I saw this film when it first came out in 1971 and thought it was funny, sexy, well-acted, and entertaining. Well, I just saw this movie today, after... Full review
Such an OK movie
Feb 19, 2006
pljewkes - imdb.com
Feb 19, 2006pljewkes - imdb.com
Not great, but certainly the best of director Otto Preminger's later films, SUCH GOOD FRIENDS benefits greatly from a clever screenplay written by Elaine May. Dyan Cannon checks husband Laurence Luckinbill into the hospital to have a mole removed and... Full review
SUCH GOOD FRIENDS more deserving of Best Film of 1971
Apr 08, 2003
kremer5 - imdb.com
Apr 08, 2003kremer5 - imdb.com
WARNING: Just a potential spoiler.Granted, seeing Gene Hackman, as hard-boiled New York cop Popeye Doyle, speeding doggedly through the West Side of New York City in a comandeered vehicle, chasing a subway holding the man who just attempted to assassinate... Full review
Dissipated urban humor
Jan 01, 2001
moonspinner55 - imdb.com
Jan 01, 2001moonspinner55 - imdb.com
A razor-sharp, deadpan hilarious dark comedy which never found its audience...and continues to elude the very people who could make it into a cult. The wife of a celebrated writer and magazine editor in New York City finds out her... Full review
Great satire of the New York way of life
Jun 30, 2000
alberto-27 - imdb.com
Jun 30, 2000alberto-27 - imdb.com
29 years before American Beauty, Otto Preminger destroys the icons of american life, from the husband to the mother to the medical doctor, in a vitriolic satire where only the wronged ones gain the viewer's sympathy.Ever asked yourself why you... Full review
A not worth watching film by acclaimed director Otto Preminger.
Nov 18, 1999
SkaVenger - imdb.com
Nov 18, 1999SkaVenger - imdb.com
It has only a couple of scenes that you'll remember and the plot is too slow. Otto Preminger may have done a good work with the actors in this film but this is not enough.Even though it has no ambition... Full review
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Based upon the novel by Lois Gould and adapted (under the pseudonym Esther Dale) by Elaine May, Such Good Friends focuses on Julie Messinger (played by Dyan Cannon), a woman with intense, often wild emotions that are held in check... ... Full Article


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