This is a tour de force for a man who had so many, Jack Lemmon.
Herein he plays a James Thurber (who is rapidly losing his sight) in the midst of romantic intanglements that are at moments histerically funny, and then touching.
It takes a step up from the two dimensional comedies it is often lumped with, plus there is the inclusion of Thurber animations to move the plot along, in a way that can only be called charming. It is hard to find a film that more perfectly samples its time.
Here is the cast:
Jack Lemmon . . . Peter Edward Wilson
Barbara Harris . . . Theresa Alice Kozlenko
Jason Robards . . . Stephen Kozlenko
Herb Edelman . . . Howard Mann
Lisa Gerritsen . . . Linda Kozlenko
Moosie Drier . . . David Kozlenko
Severn Darden . . . Dr. Harris
It could easily be called a "Chick Flick from a Man's Point of View" and everyone comes out better for having seen it.
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