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Old Boyfriends

Play trailer Poster for Old Boyfriends R,  1979,  1h 43m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 60% 15 Reviews Tomatometer 33% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
60% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 33% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
A suicidal psychologist (Talia Shire) travels the country seeking boyfriends (Richard Jordan, Keith Carradine) from her past.

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Jan Dawson Sight & Sound Mar 17, 2020
Diane bears all the outward signs of a contemporary heroine (autonomous working woman setting out alone on existential quest), she defines herself and is in turn defined exclusively through her relationships with men. Go to Full Review
Kathleen Sachs Chicago Reader Aug 23, 2019
2.5/4
I find Tewkesbury's restraint more interesting, as it results in something hazily impenetrable and truer to the often ambiguous nature of people's thoughts and motivations. Go to Full Review
Richard Brody The New Yorker Jul 29, 2019
Tewkesbury evokes a Hitchcockian depth of subjectivity in what is essentially a first-person survey of women's hidden terrors. Go to Full Review
Sean Burns Crooked Marquee Aug 17, 2026
The movie is as loopy and unhinged as its heroine. Go to Full Review
Kathy Fennessy Seattle Film Blog May 8, 2022
3/4
If Old Boyfriends isn't completely successful, not least in the way Dianne's suitors outshine her in the charisma department, [Joan] Tewkesbury's sole theatrical feature deserves better than it got in 1979. Go to Full Review
Cody Corrall Girls On Tops (Read Me) Jun 23, 2021
While the story is technically about old boyfriends, Old Boyfriends is more interested in examining who Diane is without them. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Joan Tewkesbury

Director

Talia Shire

Dianne Cruise

Richard Jordan

Jeff Turrin

Keith Carradine

Wayne Van Til

John Belushi

Eric Katz

John Houseman

Doctor Hoffman

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Old Boyfriends

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Movie Info

Synopsis A suicidal psychologist (Talia Shire) travels the country seeking boyfriends (Richard Jordan, Keith Carradine) from her past.
Director
Joan Tewkesbury
Producer
Edward R. Pressman, Michele Rappaport
Screenwriter
Paul Schrader, Leonard Schrader
Production Co
Pressman Film
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 22, 1979, Limited
Runtime
1h 43m
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