Husbands and Wives

When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are drifting apart and are now being made aware of it. So while Jack and Sally try to go on and meet new people, the marriage of Gabe and Judy gets more and more strained, and they begin to find themselves being attracted to other people.

Cast

Woody Allen

as Gabe Roth

Mia Farrow

as Judy Roth

Judy Davis

as Sally

Sydney Pollack

as Jack

Juliette Lewis

as Rain

Liam Neeson

as Michael Gates

Lysette Anthony

as Sam

Cristi Conaway

as Shawn Grainger - Call Girl

Ron Rifkin

as Richard

Blythe Danner

as Rain's mother

Reviews

lasttimeisaw

Released in the hype of Allen and Farrow’s breakup in the wake of his infamous Soon-Yi scandal, HUSBANDS AND WIVES archly and topically plumbs into the marital conundrums of two couples, Gabe (Allen) and Judy (Farrow, bookends her collaboration with Allen to the tune of 13), and their best friends J...

tmdb47633491

One of Woody's best, subordinate pretty much only to Hannah and Her Sisters. I'm never taken by 'great performances' - always been more of a writing/direction guy. But the acting here floors me every time, so much so that I can't pay much attention to 'the filmmaking' as I normally do. Just straight...

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