Review of Sunday in New York

This is a very light and funny movie from 1964 set in New York City. The movie doles out a lot of on-location backgrounds like Rockefeller Centre, Central Park, Fifth Avenue and a short musical scene with Peter Nero at the piano. There is a lot of male-female role playing and confused identities among the four leads - Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Rod Taylor and Robert Culp. Jane Fonda is at the centre of this fast-paced movie. In her early movies, she was one of Hollywood's most talented young women with a flair for comedy. With "They Shoot Horses, Don't They", she graduated to some great dramatic roles. In this movie, her male interest is Rod Taylor who she brings back to the Manhattan apartment she shares with her playboy brother, a pilot played by Cliff Robertson. Robert Culp is a former boyfriend who decides to come by and rekindle a romance. There are chases, cover ups and hide-and-seek scenes that create a lot of hilarity among the four. Jo Morrow and Jim Backus complete the cast. The male-female mating game is dated by today's standards but it is still good viewing entertainment.