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Making Love

Making Love

Drama · Romance · 1982

A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when the husband confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.

Movie details

Making Love

“There’s more to love than…”

1982 Drama · Romance 1h 53m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when the husband confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Making Love?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Arthur Hiller

Written by

Barry Sandler · A. Scott Berg

Michael Ontkean

Michael Ontkean

Zach

Kate Jackson

Kate Jackson

Claire

Harry Hamlin

Harry Hamlin

Bart

Wendy Hiller

Wendy Hiller

Winnie Bates

Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Henry

Nancy Olson

Nancy Olson

Christine

John Dukakis

John Dukakis

Tim

Court is in session

Put Making Love on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.