Review of Hungry Wives (1972) by Al M — 02 Sep 2010

I adore George A. Romero, so I really wanted to like this film, but unfortunately it plays a bad, boring, and overly pretentious episode of Desperate Housewives. Romero's attempt to experiment with style comes off the worst kind of wannabe artistry, the acting is stiff and less compelling than some pornography films, and the plot lacks action.

Nothing interesting happens in the film, and its attempt to delve into the dark, repressed depths of suburban housewife psychology ends up being as cliched as the stories on the cover of Cosmo every month.

I admire Season of the Witch's attempts to be surrealistic and to evoke dreamstates, but I find that even these moments come off as turgid and unconvincing.