What a mess

How did Alan Pakula go from "Klute" to this awful film? The tone is all over the place, Bottoms' character never rings true (what was with that attempted rape scene?), and the Spanish dude suddenly appearing out of nowhere in a misguided attempt at absurdist humor (the balloons?? the "will you cut my hair?")

And to top it off, we have endless travelogue scenes that do nothing for the film -- Pakula clearly had some money to spend but not enough script to go with it.

The beginning of the end for Timothy Bottoms' short-lived chance at stardom.