Annette Bening unravels spectacularly in this true crime tale of love, diet pills, and murder.
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Acting
Bening's unraveling is masterclass material.
Direction
Nagy finds humanity in tabloid trash.
Writing
Dialogue that stings like a slap.
Director
Phyllis Nagy
Annette Bening
Jean Harris
Ben Kingsley
Herman Tarnower
Cloris Leachman
Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
Lawrence O'Donnell
Judge Leggett
Frank Whaley
George Bolen
Bill Smitrovich
Joel Arnou
Frances Fisher
Marge Richey Jacobson
Michael Gross
Leslie Jacobson
Ronald Guttman
Henri
John Patrick Amedori
Young David Harris
John Rubinstein
Tarnower's Best Friend
Brett Butler
Tarnower's Ex #1
Lee Garlington
Tarnower's Ex #2
Ellen Burstyn
Former Tarnower Steady
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Phyllis Nagy later directed 'Carol' — this was her dry run for repressed women destroying themselves.
The real Jean Harris ran a prison school for inmates after conviction, becoming a bizarre feminist icon.
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