Christine Bonner (Jane Fonda) is getting away from her overly-protective husband Sam (Arthur Hill) and dreams of going to Greece. She is counselled by family friend Murray Logan (Peter Finch). He has his own marital issues with wife Sybil (Angela Lansbury).
Everybody is troubled and I like that aspect. I don't buy the romance in any shape or form. I'm more interested in the two characters working out their problems with their individual marriage partners. A better movie would be Murray dealing with his wife and Christine dealing with Sam. They could separate if that's for the best but at least they would be adults about it. They're just running away from their problems. It doesn't seem to matter that it's with each other. She's going to Greece either way. This has some exotic locations but the movie makes them look dour. I don't mind a sad movie but this is a movie about two people running away from their marriages without dealing with the underlying problems. It's not romantic.
Everybody is troubled and I like that aspect. I don't buy the romance in any shape or form. I'm more interested in the two characters working out their problems with their individual marriage partners. A better movie would be Murray dealing with his wife and Christine dealing with Sam. They could separate if that's for the best but at least they would be adults about it. They're just running away from their problems. It doesn't seem to matter that it's with each other. She's going to Greece either way. This has some exotic locations but the movie makes them look dour. I don't mind a sad movie but this is a movie about two people running away from their marriages without dealing with the underlying problems. It's not romantic.