Margaret Reynolds (Barbra Streisand) is married to Paul with two small children. She's a housewife in New York City and she's pregnant again. She doesn't tell Paul and questions her marriage. She starts having fantasies about a Fidel Castro type figure and other scenarios.
The marriage landscape and women's place in society is changing at the time. It's an unusual surreal film from Streisand. It probably confused the public when it was released. It has a strident modernism. I would prefer a more consistent fantasy world and stay with Fidel. Also, it needs to be more fantastical like blowing up the Statue of Liberty. Why not have Fidel blow it up? The mix of reality and surrealism do end up feeling random. I still like the attempt, but the experience feels disjointed.
The marriage landscape and women's place in society is changing at the time. It's an unusual surreal film from Streisand. It probably confused the public when it was released. It has a strident modernism. I would prefer a more consistent fantasy world and stay with Fidel. Also, it needs to be more fantastical like blowing up the Statue of Liberty. Why not have Fidel blow it up? The mix of reality and surrealism do end up feeling random. I still like the attempt, but the experience feels disjointed.