Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1969 · 101 min · EN · R · 6.3 (87 votes)
Dir. Paul Mazursky · Starring Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould, Dyan Cannon, Horst Ebersberg, Lee Bergere · Music Quincy Jones

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After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be rude, the Hendersons play along, but some latent sexual tension among the four soon comes bubbling to the surface, and long-buried desires don't stay buried for long.

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A freewheeling exploration of sexual liberation and societal norms. It feels like a smoky, late-night debate among friends, pushing boundaries and questioning everything you thought you knew about relationships and monogamy.

wittyprovocativeunsettlingliberatedawkwardsteadylate-60s social commentarytalkynaturalisticcinéma véritéfree lovesexual revolutionfriendshipidentityhypocrisy
friendstherapypolyamoryfoursome
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