the attic start off well . the somewhat dreary story be help greatly by the two main actor and there a semblance of a character study go on here but the film go downhill fast when carrie snodgress character buy a monkey . not one of those cute little monkey . she buy a real big chimpanzee . this sudden plot device basically kill the movie . it just not conceivable for a woman like the one snodgress play and who have a hard time do anything because of her domineering father and for her to and out of the blue and buy a chimpanzee . i mean and come on . forget about it .