I actually pity Sally Field here. First they script her a a widow whose husband Jolly has been dead for 3 years. Second, the dead one is James Caan who no woman has lasted with anyhow with 4 ex wives none of which have lasted except the latest one more than 5 years. What an insult that she has to pretend she loved him. She should get an award for just acting like she cares here.
This film is stocked with a lot of veteran supporting cast even going back to Claire Trevor and Mildred Natwick who were both veteran performers for a long time when this one was made. When I watched it, it WA funny in a screwball comedy type of way. That is just the trouble with it.
This type of comedy was not doing well in the theaters in 1982. Instead movies were either more mature or more for kids - ET and An Officer and a Gentleman for example. This was not a world where this film would work, though in the 1950's it would have.
Field does a good job getting tortured by Caan and Jeff Bridges. There is little else about this one but if your a fan of screwball comedies, this one fills the bill. It is screwy, for sure.
This film is stocked with a lot of veteran supporting cast even going back to Claire Trevor and Mildred Natwick who were both veteran performers for a long time when this one was made. When I watched it, it WA funny in a screwball comedy type of way. That is just the trouble with it.
This type of comedy was not doing well in the theaters in 1982. Instead movies were either more mature or more for kids - ET and An Officer and a Gentleman for example. This was not a world where this film would work, though in the 1950's it would have.
Field does a good job getting tortured by Caan and Jeff Bridges. There is little else about this one but if your a fan of screwball comedies, this one fills the bill. It is screwy, for sure.