This smartly modern and sometimes cutting comedy fell flat on its face at the time of its first appearance, damaging a few careers in the process. Some critical praise wasn't enough to save the film at the box-office, although it now looks more relevant as a comment on the morals and manners of its day than it once did. George Segal gives rather too much, while Eva Marie Saint stands back and coolly takes the acting honours as his wife - and you can spot a young Roy Scheider in a tiny early role. Although it has moments of high humour and stark drama, they're jewels set in the tedious paste of the whole.


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