Mariel B. Sobrino I remember not being so fund of 70's movies until one day my mother told me about this film that was about to be broad casted and I decided to join her. I couldn't stop laughing!, Alan Alda is so funny that makes it look real, and what to say about Ellen Burstyn? she's a fantastic artist and a great entertainer. They both did a fantastic job on this film, whoever did the cast, made a terrific decision. The plot is so sweet, I love the story and how is only based on two characters and only one set. The script is so catchy that it makes you wanna listen to more fun stories of them both. The stories that they tell about their husband and wife are hilarious, you can't avoid to laugh, they make it sound so natural that you think those stories were real. The music is fantastic, that main song is so cute as well as the photos being displayed every time a new year is about to come, such a great idea to be added on a film. This is a definitely must-watch movie, specially if you're looking to have a good laugh and a great time with both Alda and Burstyn.

yastepanov Over 15 year ago, I had an "affair" (my wife was mentally ill and we had been estranged for some time) but I discovered one thing: If it is love, not just sex, you cannot keep leaving and getting back together so simply.The other problem I have with the premise of this story is that while the changes in the characters appear logical, it is because they come at several years of interval, but the story is they meet each year.Changes such as her becoming a "hippie" and him becoming a conservative would not have happened in ONE year.You have to suspend all reason to accept this story.

moonspinner55 An adulterous couple meet at the same cabin every year for a weekend tryst (we see them every five years), while the world's fashions, morals and mores change around them. Ellen Burstyn repeats her Broadway triumph on the screen, and garnered an Oscar nod for Best Actress; though she's a terrific actress, this role doesn't allow Burstyn any real personality: it's all processed, from the costume and wig changes down to the mannerisms, from youthful girlishness to flip, knowing womanhood. Opposite her, Alan Alda is serviceable though rather uncomfortable, flailing away at little sitcom routines like a fish caught in a net. The sex talk between the two is queasy (despite being played for big laughs), halting the movie in its tracks. There's a love ballad that plays prior to every new chapter, and black-and-white stills representing the passing years, and this is all fine until we get back to that damn cabin. Playwright/screenwriter Bernard Slade doesn't write for the ages, he's too impatient and wants to wring laughter out of every set-up. Therefore, the film is sniggering instead of intuitive, and artificially sentimental instead of human. ** from ****

Isaac5855 SAME TIME NEXT YEAR is the 1978 film version of the long running Broadway play by Bernard Slade that follows the relationship between Doris and George, two people, married to others, who meet annually for a romantic weekend tryst at a New England Inn once a year for twenty-five years, even though this story only chronicles their meetings every five years, starting in the 1950's and ending in the 1970's. Ellen Burstyn recreates her Tony-Award winning role in the Broadway play as Doris, a sweet and gentle soul who we see grow from painfully shy romantic to free-spirited hippie to smart and confident businesswoman over the course of the story. Alan Alda replaces Charles Grodin in the role of George, a lovable stuffed shirt who turns into a completely different person when he's with Doris. Each vignette has its own special charm...my favorite is the year they meet and they can't have sex because Doris is pregnant. Burstyn's rich performance earned her an Oscar nomination and Alda matches her note for note. Mention should also be made of the beautiful love theme for the film sung by Johnny Mathis and Jane Olivor, "The Last Time I Felt Like This". A film for the romantic in all of us.