Nichols has broken thoroughly now with his stage beginnings, integrating camera and action easily, using space and silence with the fluency of a man at home behind a lens.

| Feb 12, 2020

A rather superficial and limited probe of American male sexual hypocrisies.

| Feb 8, 2008

The picture has its moments of chilling insight, though essentially it is one more quaint early-70s stab at an American art cinema that never materialized.

| Feb 8, 2008

This was never quite the major assault on sexism and male chauvinism it set itself up to be.

Full Review | Feb 9, 2006

Stays within the universe of its characters, and inhabits it totally. And within that universe, men and woman fail to find sexual and personal happiness because they can't break through their patterns of treating each other as objects.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 23, 2004

In addition to being the toughest comedy since Little Murders, and the most imaginative comedy since Catch 22, Carnal Knowledge represents a nearly ideal collaboration of directorial and writing talents.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 18, 2002