gavin6942 Romantic comedy about a pair of clandestine lovers in a London-Spain tryst.The story goes that the lead role of Steve was originally offered to Cary Grant, with a promise by Melvin Frank to rewrite the script to play up the age difference between Steve and Vickie. However, Grant opted to remain in retirement from filmmaking, and he turned the role down. He did remain connected to the film, however, as it was produced by Fabergé's Brut Productions, and Grant was on the board of directors for Fabergé.The film is funny, though not in a laugh-out-loud sort of way. More because of the uncomfortable situations. It also puts the audience in an unusual spot, because who are we to root for? The lead character is kind of a cad, and do we really want to encourage infidelity? The winning of the Best Actress Oscar is perhaps the biggest surprise. It was a surprise in its own time, but seems even more so today. The performance, while not bad, is hardly one that stands out, and the film itself has not gone on to be as iconic as some of its competitors (including "The Exorcist").

jacqueestorozynski I remember seeing this film in London in the seventies and loved it. I remember it as a hysterically funny film and as far as I am concerned George Segal can do no wrong. However, having hired it from Love Film I was surprised to find that it wasn't as funny as I thought it was. Also the morality of the man juggling a lover whilst he loved his wife didn't fit with the mores of today. There were obvious holes in it which now struck home for instance, they didn't need to reserve aeroplane tickets, the fat friend could get in the way by sitting with George in the plane and Glenda's children seemed to have vanished when she was cooking dinners in the flat they used for their trysts. Additionally, dialogue such as ' Great! My only chance to get raped and you can't get your trousers off' struck an odd note in the 21st Century. Glenda received an Oscar for her performance which I found odd. She was typically Glenda and I saw some of the tart facial expressions and comments used in Women In Love another of my favourite films( I think she got an Oscar for that too). As I once stayed at the Churchill hotel where they were at the beginning and had an American boyfriend in the seventies who didn't understand English sarcasm I suppose time has moved on. It all related to my life in the seventies - not now though and my husband disapproved totally that it was thought perfectly acceptable for the George Segal character to have a so called 'bit on the side'. Shame!

jjnxn-1 Bittersweet comedy helped immeasurably by the chemistry of the stars and the skill of their performances. Glenda is brash and delicate in equal measure, George bombastic but good natured. While it shows the pitfalls of infidelity it doesn't judge its characters for their choices and actually presents all the relationships, including Glenda's gay assistant's, evenhandedly rather surprising for the 70's. As far as her receiving an Oscar for this performance, she's sprightly and more relaxed than she usually was on screen but I doubt that even she expected to grab the prize for what is a customary solid job but hardly extraordinary.

rhinestone_sunglasses I had waited a very long time to see this movie and when I got the DVD I wasn't disappointed.Seeing the chemistry between Segal (who I never realized was such a useful actor) and Jackson (who I furrowed my brow at in Women In Love) was magic to me. And I felt sorry when they were going through hard times and I felt amused when Jackson did her best to keep up appearances.I liked the way the movie ended as well. Everything neatly in order unless you count the shattered remains of broken hearts.I would definitely wish to see this movie again.