• Director(s)

    Frank Perry

  • Production Year

    1970

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    90m

  • Cast

    Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella, Carrie Snodgress

Film

Diary Of A Mad Housewife

domestic abuse, mouthed very strong language

DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE is a US drama in which a woman begins an affair to stave off the tedium of her miserable life with a bullying husband.…

DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE is a US drama in which a woman begins an affair to stave off the tedium of her miserable life with a bullying husband.

language
There is a mouthed use of very strong language ('c**t'). There is mild bad language ('bloody'), as well as other milder terms ('hell').
theme
The main character is a woman who endures an abusive relationship with her husband who bullies and belittles her, causing their daughters to also treat her disrespectfully.
additional issues
There are verbal references to sexual violence after a woman is unnerved by the presence of a man while walking her dog in the park. She tells her husband that she was 'almost raped'. There are also references to sexual harassment, including a married woman referring to a man's sweaty hand on her knee the whole evening at a party. There are moderate references to sex as men make suggestive verbal comments to a married woman. It is implied that a married woman is having an affair with another man she met at a party. There are passing uses of discriminatory terms, such as a man referring to someone with an 'Aborigine haircut'. There are scenes in which adults smoke cigarettes and cigars.

  • Director(s)

    Frank Perry

  • Production Year

    1970

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    90m

  • Cast

    Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella, Carrie Snodgress

One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

Classified Date:
09/09/1970
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Rank Film Dists Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
domestic abuse, mouthed very strong language
Classified Date:
18/07/2022
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Powerhouse Films UK
language
There is a mouthed use of very strong language ('c**t'). There is mild bad language ('bloody'), as well as other milder terms ('hell').
theme
The main character is a woman who endures an abusive relationship with her husband who bullies and belittles her, causing their daughters to also treat her disrespectfully.
additional issues
There are verbal references to sexual violence after a woman is unnerved by the presence of a man while walking her dog in the park. She tells her husband that she was 'almost raped'. There are also references to sexual harassment, including a married woman referring to a man's sweaty hand on her knee the whole evening at a party. There are moderate references to sex as men make suggestive verbal comments to a married woman. It is implied that a married woman is having an affair with another man she met at a party. There are passing uses of discriminatory terms, such as a man referring to someone with an 'Aborigine haircut'. There are scenes in which adults smoke cigarettes and cigars.
very strong language, strong sex
Classified Date:
02/02/2017
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Studios Limited
language
There is a single use of very strong language as a character refers to a woman who has stood him up as "a lying c**t". There is also frequent use of milder bad language including 'bitch', 'bloody', 'shit', 'crap', 'ass' and 'bastard'. There are passing uses of discriminatory terms, including 'dyke' and 'fag'.
sex
There are scenes of sex, including female breast nudity. There are also moderate sex references, such as characters talking about 'screwing' and a man asking a woman "Who broke you in?".
additional issues
The main character is a woman who endures an abusive relationship with her husband who bullies and belittles her, causing their daughters to also treat her disrespectfully.

  • Classified date

    18/07/2022

  • Language

    English