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!
Review of A Touch of Class
