Before watching this movie, examine the cast. There are many familiar faces from TV and other movies. If you've liked these actors in other places, watching them in this movie may cause your opinion of them to deteriorate. The premise is quite intriguing. Dyan Cannon plays a woman who discovers that her husband has been cheating on her. Note that she finds out only after her husband becomes ill, and falls into a coma. Thus, Julie (Cannon) must sort out her feelings about all of this. Laurence Luckinbill is quite unlikeable as her husband, Richard. Essentially, this movie is talk, talk, talk. People that never stop talking, but hardly say anything. Very little character development, as well. The relationship between Julie and Richard is told mainly through flashbacks. The only thing that redeems this movie, at all, is Dyan Cannon's performance. I think she gave the movie better than it deserved. However, I was quite disappointed by her "nude" scene. While she is posing (nude) for her photographer friend, nothing is shown. We see only the snapshot that he shows to her, after session is over. Come on, Dyan! If you're going to let it show, then let us see!!! Burgess Meredith appears early in the movie, in a particularly ridiculous scene. Dyan "visualizes" his character naked (from the back). So, I saw more of Burgess Meredith than Dyan Cannon. This is not a good thing. Not good at all.
Review of Such Good Friends
