Portnoy Half Fulfilled

PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT Directed by Ernest Lehman Warner Bros.

The film version of Portnoy's Complaint is neither as offensive as Myra Breckenridge nor as monumental as The Godfather. It is an archetypal example of the best seller turned into a �big� movie: half-fulfilled yet still vaguely pleasing because it retains something of the original, far superior, material. Ernest Lehman wrote, directed, and produced the film. He can also take most of the blame for what went wrong with it.