1972·Comedy·1h 37m
7.1
★
Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty.
Directed by Irvin Kershner
knocked unconscious
young mother
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Cast
Barbra Streisand
Margaret Reynolds
David Selby
Paul Reynolds
Jane Hoffman
Mrs. Koerner
Jacobo Morales
Fidel Castro
Paul Benedict
Dr. Beineke
George S. Irving
Dr. Keglin
Carl Gottlieb
Vinnie
Joseph Bova
John
Mary Louise Wilson
Betty
Cynthia Harris
Stella
Iris Brooks
Vicki
Vassili Lambrinos
Dr. Loffert
Crew
Irvin Kershner
Director
Gordon Willis
Director of Photography
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Irwin Winkler
Producer
Billy Goldenberg
Music
Albert Wolsky
Costume Design
Michael Chapman
Camera Operator
Popular Reviews
7 reviews
Faith
9.0★ · 06/02/25
wow. just wow.
wow. just wow.
Thomas
7.0★ · 05/31/25
There’s something about Barbra. I wish she would have made a million more films. She had something about her that I’ve never seen in another actress. A quality that was so original in the way she holds herself. In the way she smiles, shouts, fixes her hair. She is so beautiful in this movie, you almost believe she really is pregnant because she’s glowing!
There’s something about Barbra. I wish she would have made a million more films. She had something about her that I’ve never seen in another actress. A quality that was so original in the way she holds herself. In the way she smiles, shouts, fixes her hair. She is so beautiful in this movie, you almost believe she really is pregnant because she’s glowing!
Addie Pray
6.0★ · 03/21/25
She really said “women’s rights” with that one.
She really said “women’s rights” with that one.
Adam
7.1★ · 05/10/24
According to to her autobiography, this is Barbra Streisand’s self-considered most underrated film of her corpus. WHATTAMOUTHFUL.
I really liked it! Barbra kind of threw me off guard by describing this film as a European art film, it’s certainly not that, but it’s good independent-ish 70s feminist cinema. Something I really respect about ICON MOTHER is that she has always been really staunch in her political and social views. Since the beginning of her career, she’s pushed to tell tricky stories for people who need to hear them! She put goddamn (fictionalized) Fidel Castro in this movie!
There are pros and cons…the relationship moments are the strongest for me. I’m so fascinated by depictions of romantic jealousy. I’ve been reading a lot of Latin elegy lately…anyways. The Africa portion is horrible. Barbra also contracted a parasite while filming that section in Africa and it plagued her for a little while.
Also I finished the book…I thought I’d be able to read and watch but I read way too fast. It’s just my nature! I’m still going to watch more because I’m a little obsessed with her body of work!
I really liked it! Barbra kind of threw me off guard by describing this film as a European art film, it’s certainly not that, but it’s good independent-ish 70s feminist cinema. Something I really respect about ICON MOTHER is that she has always been really staunch in her political and social views. Since the beginning of her career, she’s pushed to tell tricky stories for people who need to hear them! She put goddamn (fictionalized) Fidel Castro in this movie!
There are pros and cons…the relationship moments are the strongest for me. I’m so fascinated by depictions of romantic jealousy. I’ve been reading a lot of Latin elegy lately…anyways. The Africa portion is horrible. Barbra also contracted a parasite while filming that section in Africa and it plagued her for a little while.
Also I finished the book…I thought I’d be able to read and watch but I read way too fast. It’s just my nature! I’m still going to watch more because I’m a little obsessed with her body of work!
According to to her autobiography, this is Barbra Streisand’s self-considered most underrated film of her corpus. WHATTAMOUTHFUL.
I really liked it! Barbra kind of threw me off guard by describing this film as a European art film, it’s certainly not that, but it’s good independent-ish 70s feminist cinema. Something I really respect about ICON MOTHER is that she has always been really staunch in her political and social views. Since the beginning of her career, she’s pushed to tell tricky stories for people who need to hear them! She put goddamn (fictionalized) Fidel Castro in this movie!
There are pros and cons…the relationship moments are the strongest for me. I’m so fascinated by depictions of romantic jealousy. I’ve been reading a lot of Latin elegy lately…anyways. The Africa portion is horrible. Barbra also contracted a parasite while filming that section in Africa and it plagued her for a little while.
Also I finished the book…I thought I’d be able to read and watch but I read way too fast. It’s just my nature! I’m still going to watch more because I’m a little obsessed with her body of work!
I really liked it! Barbra kind of threw me off guard by describing this film as a European art film, it’s certainly not that, but it’s good independent-ish 70s feminist cinema. Something I really respect about ICON MOTHER is that she has always been really staunch in her political and social views. Since the beginning of her career, she’s pushed to tell tricky stories for people who need to hear them! She put goddamn (fictionalized) Fidel Castro in this movie!
There are pros and cons…the relationship moments are the strongest for me. I’m so fascinated by depictions of romantic jealousy. I’ve been reading a lot of Latin elegy lately…anyways. The Africa portion is horrible. Barbra also contracted a parasite while filming that section in Africa and it plagued her for a little while.
Also I finished the book…I thought I’d be able to read and watch but I read way too fast. It’s just my nature! I’m still going to watch more because I’m a little obsessed with her body of work!
Luca Williams Suine
7.0★ · 10/07/25