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All That and Thurber, Too
What most reviewers miss about this romantic comedy is that it's primo for its style -- Good Neighbor Sam, Please Don't Eat the Daisies -- and they decided to spice up the montages by animating Thurber comics (since the central figure is a misanthropic cartoonist who falls in love in spite of himself). It's an old fashioned comedy, funny like they used to be: two dimensional characters, a conflicting love interest (Jason Robards taking a break from O'Neill for a change) interjected to put the heat on and help things come to a boil, and a flock of children each responding to the situation in a different way -- like the second tier comedia del arte characters. Give yourself a break, get a bottle of wine, a pizza, and a friend with a sense of humor and make an evening of it.

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Superb Underrated Comedy/Drama!!!
This Movie is a superb underrated Comedy/Drama.Lemmon/Harris Rules in this film!!It's a must see!!

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Half-forgotten treasure; To be rediscovered.
***Possible Spoilers***

-Peter: "Will this operation be of any help?"
-Oculist: "Your chances are less than 50%"
-Peter: "And if we don't operate?"
-Oculist: (Turns out the light).

These are the prospects that cynical, sloppy, family-hating cartoonist Peter Wilson (Jack Lemmon) faces, when he stumbles over the beautiful legs of Terry Kozlenko (Barbara Harris), a divorced mother-of-three. This rendez-vous results in a marriage.

Who, do you think, suddenly emerges at the wedding, takes photos, cuddles the kids, flirts with the bride, kisses the bride, and even carries her over the door-step? You guessed it: her ex.

Steven Kozlenko (Jason Robards), a photographer in war zones with a taste for young girls, has the habit of coming and going as he pleases. With devastating results on the psyche of his children: Caroline, 16, follows daddy's example (with boys), stammering Linda (Lisa Gerritson) tries very hard not to betray her feelings, and David, 6, sleeps on door-steps out of fear that his daddy nr.2 will sneak away too...

Nonetheless Peter tries to be a caring step-dad for the children, despite many mishaps: losing his trousers and even his towel in front of the kids, trying to explain the facts of life to them, only to discover that they know more than he does, even "saving" David from drowning, only to be saved himself by Steven (how embarrassing!).

After one night of heavy drinking Peter and Steven end up fighting the "war between men and women" - against cartoon-women. (This is a brilliant sequence, mixing real-life with cartoon-characters. "Peter Wilson" was modeled after James Thurber).

Next morning, Peter is missing something: his eyesight. He is shocked when he discovers that Terry and the children knew all about his imminent blindness right from the start, despite his efforts to keep everything secret. Never will he accept their charity...

This film is not flawless. Some gags don't work, and some are blue. Yet the actors cope wonderfully with their dialogue. Robards plays with charm and a chuckle, Harris is feisty, but a little heartless, and Gerritson makes an art-form out of her stammer.

Best of all, of course, is the star of this film. Jack Lemmon is funny when he should, sexy (and he could!), irresistible in his embarrassment and deeply touching in his sorrow. In tragi-comic roles he never had an equal. (Tom Hanks is flaccid by comparision, and Robin Williams schmaltzy). But Lemmon was touching because he was real. He had substance.

This film is a half-forgotten treasure: to be rediscovered. I can honestly recommend it. A very funny film for the whole family.