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Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

Minnie and Moskowitz

Plot Synopsis: An aging hippie bursts into the life of a lonely museum employee.

Rated PG, 1 hr. 55 min.
Directed by: John Cassavetes
Release Date: Jan 01, 1971
On DVD: Jan 25, 2000
All Flixster Ratings: 4.0 Stars (228)
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100 days ago
4.0 Stars
a really sweet, optimistic, funny, love story by John Cassavetes. Not at all what you'd expect of him. Gena Rowlands (Minnie) works in a museum, is having an affair with a repulsive married man (Cassavetes) until his wife tries to kill herself in fro... (read more)
137 days ago
4.5 Stars
Minnie and Moskowitz is the most pathetic and ungraceful love story I've ever seen. Between Minnie, a disillusioned museum curator whose abusive married boyfriend dumps her and leaves her even more uptight and confused than she already was, and Seymo... (read more)
140 days ago
4.5 Stars
Una comedia? A lo mejor si, pero a lo Cassavetes. Un entramado de acciones que rozan con lo irracional, a fin de cuentas una historia de amor loco. Filmado con el impetu tradicional del maestro. Sobre las interpretaciones, son un parrafo aparte, rezu... (read more)
161 days ago
5.0 Stars
The loudest romantic comedy you'll ever see. It's such a great, genuine spin on the cinematic love story, with wonderful depth in characters and their unique connections. Gena Rowlands is, as always, stunning and she's got at least two monologues tha... (read more)
241 days ago
5.0 Stars
John Cassavetes has made great cinema film after film. This especially stands out. I especially love Timothy Carey's performance towards the beginning.
251 days ago
4.5 Stars
The most untraditional romantic comedy of all time. John Cassevetes masters those moments in life that make us feel awkward and creates characters that are no apprehensive about reliving them. "Minnie and Moskowitz" is both a classic and underrated C... (read more)
331 days ago
4.5 Stars
As with a lot of Cassavetes, this film can elicit howling laughter at the same time as a kind of disbelief at the painfully awkward, tragic emotional situations unraveling on screen. Characters talk at one another with less hope of being understood ... (read more)
364 days ago
5.0 Stars
Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel together in a typical Cassavettes style film about love and relationships.
367 days ago
5.0 Stars
A short and sweet romantic comedy that is delightfully quirky and due for rediscovery. I was sad that this film was not included in the Cassavetes Criterion Collection box set. Gena is as fantastic as ever, especially in her scenes of drunken abandon... (read more)
370 days ago
2.0 Stars
i dont think im a big cassavettes fan. i appreciate the new wave style but its just too dry and subtle. granted, ive only seen a couple of his films...and i didnt actually tun the film off so there was something to it.
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