Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.
Desperate Characters has generally received mixed reviews.
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Review of Desperate Characters (1971)
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Desperate Characters was released in 1971 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 5 reviews, giving Desperate Characters (1971) an average rating of 54%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 73%.
With a score of 54%, Desperate Characters is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1971, which stands at 59%.
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