{"id":4567,"date":"2007-10-17T15:04:46","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T22:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4567"},"modified":"2021-01-12T14:23:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T21:23:22","slug":"in-praise-of-older-women-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4567","title":{"rendered":"In Praise of Older Women (1978)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;All the girls I know are absolutely weird&#8230; They don&#8217;t want to make love with me. I&#8217;ve tried everything! I guess I just don&#8217;t understand women.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-of-Older-Women.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-of-Older-Women-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-of-Older-Women-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-of-Older-Women-88x128.jpg 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-of-Older-Women.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA Hungarian philosophy student (Tom Berenger) enlists the help of his married neighbor (Karen Black) in losing his virginity, then continues to pursue a string of &#8220;older women&#8221;, including a revolutionary (Susan Strasberg), a repressed divorcee (Alexandra Stewart), and a married faculty wife (Helen Shaver).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian Films<\/li>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>May-December Romance<\/li>\n<li>Susan Strasberg Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis tedious coming-of-age sex romp &#8212; starring a young, buff Tom Berenger &#8212; was notorious at the time of its release for showing a fair amount of nudity and simulated sex; the story itself, however, leaves much to be desired. Starting in post-war Hungary (where everyone apparently spoke American English, without an accent), the film follows the travails of horny Andras (Berenger): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Berenger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Berenger-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Berenger-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Berenger-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Berenger-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Berenger-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Berenger-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Berenger-477x270.png 477w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Berenger.png 1783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; who discovers that older women &#8212; rather than virginal co-eds &#8212; are the ticket to sexual bliss; it&#8217;s a mildly intriguing premise, but one which never develops into anything more complex. Andras&#8217;s first (mutual) &#8220;conquest&#8221;, Karen Black, is by far the most interesting female character in the film: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black-1536x866.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black.png 1789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but after Andras cruelly cheats on her, she&#8217;s out of the picture. The central problem is that Andras simply isn&#8217;t a very likable character &#8212; he&#8217;s a player, and not ashamed to admit it, but why should we care about him or his life? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Karen Black as Andras&#8217; first &#8220;older lover&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black2-1024x587.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black2-1024x587.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black2-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black2-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black2-1536x881.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black2-471x270.png 471w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/In-Praise-Black2.png 1795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0077728\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/in-praise-of-older-women\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;All the girls I know are absolutely weird&#8230; They don&#8217;t want to make love with me. I&#8217;ve tried everything! I guess I just don&#8217;t understand women.&#8221; Synopsis: A Hungarian philosophy student (Tom Berenger) enlists the help of his married neighbor (Karen Black) in losing his virginity, then continues to pursue a string of &#8220;older women&#8221;, including a revolutionary (Susan Strasberg), a repressed divorcee (Alexandra Stewart), and a married faculty wife (Helen Shaver). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Canadian Films Coming-of-Age&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4567\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4567"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63007,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4567\/revisions\/63007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}