Carnal Knowledge (1971) Reviews & Ratings

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Carnal Knowledge reviews

Carnal Knowledge holds a 6.6/10 average from 240 TMDB ratings.

**_Psychological study of the romantic lives of two males over the course of 25 years_** In the late 1940s, Two roommates at Amherst College (Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel) exchange personal info about their sextivities with various women as the years progress to the early ’70s. The female cast includes Candice Bergen, Ann-Margret, Cynthia O'Neal, Carol Kane and Rita Moreno. “Carnal Knowledge” (1971) is not a con…
— Wuchak (6/10)

“Jonathan” (Jack Nicholson) is having a pep talk with his bright-eyed roommate “Sandy” (Art Garfunkel) about the latter’s nervous interest in “Susan” (Candice Bergen). Their conversations now proceed to give us a blow by blow description of the evolution of their burgeoning romance, only for “Jonathan” to jump the gun and start an affair of his own with her! They keep that a secret from “Sandy” for a while, and inde…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.

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