Enemies, a Love Story

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Enemies, a Love Story

R,

1989,

1h 59m,

Comedy/

Drama

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89%

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54%

1,000+ Ratings

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Herman Broder (Ron Silver), a Holocaust survivor living in New York City and struggling with depression after his ordeals in the war, makes his living ghostwriting for a rabbi. Herman is married to Yadwiga (Margaret Sophie Stein) but is also having an affair with Masha (Lena Olin), a married woman. Things grow even more chaotic when Herman's first wife, Tamara (Anjelica Huston), who he thought had died in the war, shows up in New York as well. Based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer.

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Critics Consensus

Enemies, a Love Story finds writer-director Paul Mazursky operating near peak form, weaving a richly melodramatic tapestry brought to life by a stellar cast.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Sep 12, 2023

The director, Paul Mazursky, has gathered a superbly balanced cast and kept the action so smooth that the viewer is carried along on a tide of mystical slyness.

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Mike McGrady

Newsday

Aug 1, 2021

3.5/4

Loosely constructed and at times enigmatic, but rich in characterization, texture, mood, tone and meaning.

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Kathleen Carroll

New York Daily News

Aug 1, 2021

3/4

It's a brave effort on Mazursky's part; although the movie is too long, it does occasionally achieve an unsettling blend of humor and pathos that the director strove for.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Nov 3, 2022

Enemies is overall a brilliant film, but its brilliance stems from its atmosphere, fotography, and marvelously evocative music. [Full review in Spanish]

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Michael Sragow

San Francisco Examiner

Aug 1, 2021

4/4

The anti-hero of "Enemies, a Love Story" may be smart, smart and stupid; but the movie is smart, smart and smart.

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George S

Sep 15, 2017

Bolstered by a trinity of enthralling performances as the titular wives of a Holocaust survivor, this film adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer's, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1978, novel of the same name triumphs as a restrainedly dark and enigmatic love comedy.

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Paul Mazursky

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Ron Silver

Herman Broder

Anjelica Huston

Tamara Broder

Lena Olin

Masha

Margaret Sophie Stein

Yadwiga

Alan King

Rabbi Lembeck

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Synopsis

Herman Broder (Ron Silver), a Holocaust survivor living in New York City and struggling with depression after his ordeals in the war, makes his living ghostwriting for a rabbi. Herman is married to Yadwiga (Margaret Sophie Stein) but is also having an affair with Masha (Lena Olin), a married woman. Things grow even more chaotic when Herman's first wife, Tamara (Anjelica Huston), who he thought had died in the war, shows up in New York as well. Based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Director: Paul Mazursky
Producer: Paul Mazursky
Screenwriter: Paul Mazursky
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Morgan Creek Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 13, 1989, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 13, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.8M
Runtime: 1h 59m
Sound Mix: Surround

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