Product Details

• Actors: Richard Benjamin, Karen Black, Lee Grant, Jack Somack, Renée Lippin
• Directors: Ernest Lehman
• Writers: Ernest Lehman, Philip Roth
• Producers: Ernest Lehman, Sidney Beckerman
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300269361
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,965 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Adaptation of Philip Roth's novel about a troubled relationship between a Jewish boy and his mother.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bring Back Alexander Portnoy or I'll Complain!, November 29, 2004

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Nelson E. Donley (Whittier, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portnoy's Complaint (DVD)

I saw Portnoy's Complaint when it first hit the theatres back in the early 1970s. I was just a teenager going through my own trials and tribulations at the time. I didn't give this movie much merit; I didn't realize the validity of this movie until years later, when I got to know a Jewish boy with a so-called "typical Jewish mother." Suddenly, it all made a whole lot of sense.

Very few movies are uniquely funny, but this movie most definitely is. Alexander Portnoy is a concupiscent Jewish adolescent whose solitary goal in life is to satisfy a very hungry libido in spite of an overbearing mother who nearly drives him to the loony-bin.

I have been waiting for this movie to be re-released for many years. This movie is a classic. I'm disappointed that the decision to release it is still in the lurch. That is MY only complaint about this film.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Movie!!, February 12, 2003

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This review is from: Portnoy's Complaint [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In this 1972 movie,directed by Earnest Lehman based on the novel.Starring Richard Benjamin as Alexander Portnoy during his session with his analyst,goes on from one flashback to another about his his family,childhood,sexual fantasies,women problems and his religious obsession.This is an excellent, very interesting,must see film especially for Richard Benjamin fans!!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Total Classic, July 11, 2006

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C. Donovan "C. Donovan" (Chester, NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portnoy's Complaint (DVD)

I disagree that this movie is dated. I was born long before it's release and caught it one night on Bravo many years ago. It's highly offensive and absolutley hysterical. This deserves to be on DVD.