Carnal Knowledge
Turkish title: İlk Defa
“Its time has come.”
1971 · 1 h 38 min
Directed by 
Mike Nichols
Mike NicholsCast
Jack Nicholson 
Candice Bergen 
Art Garfunkel
Credits
Written by: Jules Feiffer
Plot
Two college friends follow each other's love lives over twenty-five years and are unable to relate to women.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mike Nichols's study of two men's failures in love is bitter and unsparing. Jack Nicholson is scarily good, and Ann-Margret earned an Oscar nomination in a cold, frank, still-biting portrait of male attitudes.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (17,356 votes)
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