A New York City doctor, who is married to an art curator, pushes himself on a harrowing and dangerous night-long odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife admits that she once almost cheated on him.
Although quite closely adapted from the novel, Stanley Kubrick's meticulously crafted movie is more an interpretation thereof, a somnambulant study of sexual relations, fascinating, but a tad too long.
Halliwell**: "An atmospheric account of sexual jealousy, temptation and fidelity, meticulously made and with an oddly dreamlike quality about it; but, while being faithful to its slim source, it is also overlong and much too portentous."
Maltin***: "Provocative film takes place in a distinctive Kubrick environment - contained, almost claustrophobic at times. Overlong, and flawed, but still compelling, with two megawatt star performances. Nudity is plentiful, but the European version...is even more graphic and runs 158m."
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