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An Unmarried Woman. (1978) R 05/26/1978 (US) Drama , Romance , Comedy 2h 4m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. She laughs, she cries, she feels angry, she feels lonely, she feels guilty, she makes breakfast, she makes love, she makes do, she is strong, she is weak, she is brave, she is scared, she is… an unmarried woman.
An Unmarried Woman. 79 Metascore. 1978. 2 hr 4 mins. Drama, Comedy. R. Watchlist. Jill Clayburgh as a vulnerable woman trying to readjust to being single. Alan Bates, Michael Murphy, Cliff Gorman.
Unmarried women ended up with lower-status, lower-income jobs like combing, carding, and spinning wool—hence "spinster." When spinster first entered English in the mid-1300s, it referred to a woman who spun thread and yarn. Our earliest use comes from the allegorical poem Piers Plowman: "And my wyf ... Spak to þe spinsters for to spinne hit ...
Synopsis. A New York wife learns about the satisfactions of single life in this landmark 1970s woman's film. Unlike her dysfunctional friends, vibrant Erica (Jill Clayburgh) seems to have it all: a nice Upper East Side home, a well-adjusted teenage daughter (Lisa Lucas), a job at a Soho art gallery, and a loving husband, Martin (Michael Murphy).
An Unmarried Woman remains, decades later, one of Hollywood's most realistic movies about betrayal, divorce, and the struggle for recovery from a woman's point of view. It also depicts the mutual support between women in a highly realistic fashion. In fact, the film is unfailing in its concentration on women, their feelings, their difficulties.
An Unmarried Woman was one of the best films from the late 70s/early 80s. It so completely captures a time and a place. It is a personal, perceptive story of a woman's marriage which crumbles to her total surprise. It ends up being a sort of comic--Americanized version (or more specifically New York version) of.
Jun 3, 2020 · An Unmarried Woman, clocking in just over two hours, never feels its length. It’s a beautifully extraordinary ordinary film by a male director who tries and manages to communicate a profoundly ...
