Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
Play It as It Lays has generally received positive reviews.
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Play It as It Lays was released in 1972 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 8 reviews, giving Play It as It Lays (1972) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 68%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Play It as It Lays a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 61%, Play It as It Lays is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1972, which stands at 58%.
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