Not bad, but a few funny one-liners is hardly enough to sustain a movie. Neil Simon's stage hit makes a decidedly non-cinematic film directed by Gene Saks. Alan Arkin is a restaurateur facing a mid-life crisis who tries to prove something to himself by conquering three different women. The three women turn out to suffer from various degrees of insanity. Sally Kellerman is a tough talking New Yorker with a nasty cough and a caustic tongue. Paula Prentiss is a flaky struggling actress and Renee Taylor is the hopelessly morose family friend who runs Arkin ragged with her sad sack routine. Director Saks brings very little creativity to this so it's essentially a filmed play. Simon's dialog is occasionally funny, but consists mostly of grim observations of modern life. Arkin tries mightily and gets a few laughs and the always interesting Prentiss steals her scenes.
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