Starts as a gritty, real depiction of difficult life choices with smatterings of humor to lighten it here and there.
By the second half it's a near-slapstick chick flick.
Loved the first half, resented being pulled into the second.
Anyone else have the same problem with it?
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Nothing to see here, move along.
I thought exactly the same thing. The harrowing abortion "clinic" scene sandwiched in between moments of light comedy just seemed...weird. I guess they were trying to lighten up the very dramatic, envelope-pushing (for the time) story with too many scenes that were played for comedy.
Didn't work for me.
"Who's running this airline?!"
The last 20 minutes were definitely typical romantic-comedy nonsense and should have been left out.
The rest of it was excellent.
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Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen =