She was an unmarried woman, she used to be married with a man who left their 16 years marriage for another young woman. The disruption of their marriage began in a slow way, firstly no one awared there were some problems had emerged even when i watched this film and I slightly knew a bit of the gut beforehand but still thought they were quite good couple with a lovely daughter, but who knew, suddenly another woman she had never seen before brought her husband away, she was just a poor divorced woman being left behind.

I like the scene when her husband abruptly told her the affair and decided to leave her. Like a thunderbolt, Jill Clayburgh's performance is heartbreaking and powerful! Life sometimes is so ridiculous, and mankind are always unsatisfying, we're inevitably getting tired of something old, trying to find something new, eventually find the old one is the perfect but what a shame! Not everyone has a second chance, and if you give someone one second chance, they know you can offer a third, fourth....and more. So don't be so cruel to yourself, The sky above is much bigger than your heart.

She met a painter and developed a romantic relationship with him, they loved each other but the story did not end with another good marriage. At last, the painter left and she didn't follow him because she was still an unmarried but happy woman. She got a big painting from the painter as a souvenir of him and her growth.

Very charming drama full of wisdom and humor, the whole story is not so comedy though. An excellent performance from Jill Clayburgh deserves her Oscar nomination that year. Alan Bates is drop-dead charming in this film. Also recommend the crooning piano score, especially ecstatic.

A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.

Maybe I live in the wrong era, but this film struck me as so bizarre. I can understand going through a shocking transition when divorce comes at you out of nowhere. That part of the film was handled very well, even if a bit over the top.

What I did not understand was the film's obsession with sex. At one point the woman comments that she had not had sex in seven weeks and thought her world was falling apart. Some of the happiest couples go years... if you are measuring your happiness in sexual encounters, I do not think you fully understand what it means to love someone.

Erica Benton (Jill Clayburgh) has a happy life with her husband Martin (Michael Murphy) and teenage daughter Patti in Manhattan. Despite a few issues bubbling in their marriage, Erica is completely surprised by a tearful Martin confessing his year long extramarital affair. They separate. She struggles with her new life. Marriage is becoming an endangered species.

This is a great look into the new world of the American marriage. Kramer vs. Kramer would come a year later. This one looks at it from the wife's point of view despite being written and directed by a man. Paul Mazursky is able to give Erica a convincing female voice. It all boils down to Jill Clayburgh's performance. She gives the character a reality. I like her development, her relationships, and her struggles. I would do one thing. I would reverse the order between Saul and Martin. I would end the movie with her most important relationship with Patti. After a fight with Saul, Martin could then beg to return while having dinner with both Erica and Patti. That would be a brutal scene and an amazing possibility. The large painting is very cute and it's perfectly nice to end the movie on a cute note. The movie could have pushed harder for a more explosive climax.