Frances Reid Co Stars and Sings in This Movie Buy this DVD if you are a fan of Actress Frances Reid who is Best Known For her role of Alice Horton in Days Of Our Livessince she co stars in the TV Movie The Affair.Frances Reid is good in the film.The Best scene in the film is where Frances Reid sings a song.She is Great and the film is good.
Laughably Bad ... Would you like dinner? The bad news is this is a bad movie.
The good news is it's so bad it's funny.
Natalie Wood does a fine job, but Robert Wagner is stiff as a board from beginning to end. It's a surprise she doesn't get splinters from touching him.
The plot, such as it is, has some confusing jumps. At one point they may break up, then the next scene shows him moving in with her. The one consistency is that Robert Wagner is always on the lookout for a meal.
The Most Painful Experience I don't understand WHO is giving this movie good reviews. It is terrible. I usually like movies where nothing much happens (The Age of Innocence, Lost in Translation) but this is a joke. There is NO script here. It's just made up of VERY SLOW scenes most of which only involve 2 sentences and finish with the words "Alright". Natalie and Robert are supposed to be having a passionate affair, but the two leads look like uncomfortable strangers throught the entire thing.
There is little plot and NO emotion from any of the characters. The acting is a joke. The cinemtography etc is bad...but that's not really such a big deal...I'm sure they had budget restraints etc...but seriously...they could have come up with a plot or nice dialogue...or something.
This is a like a Pinter-nightmare.
NATALIE WOOD sings but Film hits a Sour Note In this TV-movie made in the early 1970's Natalie Wood plays a Singer/Songwriter who falls in love with Robert Wagner. It is not generally well known, but Natalie always wanted to sing in her previous films. Her own voice was not quite up to the demands of WEST SIDE STORYand when she played a young Singer on the rise in INSIDE DAISY CLOVER most of her Vocals were also dubbed in by a studio vocalist. However, in this film she sings "I Can't See You Anymore" which for certain did not win any Grammy Awards for Best Song. She gave it her best shot,and you can judge for yourself. The film itself is uneven and to some degree, pointless, and the picture quality looks like you are watching it through a fish bowl, but it is a rare opportunity to see Natalie and RJ act together. They may have had tremendous chemistry together in person, however it did not often translate that well to the screen. Still, this movie is worth a look if just to see the beautiful Natalie Wood in what was to be one of her last film ventures.
A Sensitive "Made for Television" Movie Most of the reviews of this film have been rather harsh. I remember watching this movie as a teenager in the 1970s on a black and white television, so I found watching this movie in color without commercial interruption a delightful experience. I think that Wood and Wagner handled a delicate relationship carefully. One must remember that the disability rights movement was in its infancy in the early 1970s, so persons with physical challenges and the social dimensions of living with a disability were not part of mainstream discourse. Wood and Wagner did an excellent job of portraying a number of emotional and social issues regarding the navigation of sexual relationships for a woman with a physical challenge. Many young viewers may also not clearly understand the impact that polio had on our whole society with many people dying from the disease or being left with a severe level of physical impairment. Time has marched on, many people who lived with the aftermath of polio have died, and some may have forgotten the impact that polio had on the everyday reality of people's lives. In all fairness to this film, I thought that the subject was handled with sensitivity by one of Hollywood's most beloved couples. If one is to judge art, the historic context, level of technology, and the target audience must be considered. "The Affair" was produced as a made for television film that enabled this couple to appear publicly, for a rare treat, on screen together during her pregnancy. 1970s technology was not superb and digitalized. Some of us still prefer records, too. As for criticism of fashion in the movie, well, styles do change... However, Ms. Wood's pants were not "bellbottoms." Anyone who has ever worn calipers or known someone who has...realizes that getting clothing to fit over braces does not provide a sleek and slender look. Pants are often baggy by necessity to fit over braces, and the metal often times still wears through the sides of slacks at the knee joint. That "look" was not retro...It was realism. Lastly, Wagner's character was not atypical of the times as men and women were struggling more over issues such as independence, sexual expression, commitment, and the accelerating divorce rate. I am certain that the notion of a man "stalking" a woman was not verbage typical of the period, nor was the gentility he displayed typical of "stalking" as it would now be defined. See "Ghostworld" and "High Fidelity" for a greater appreciation of works of art that can be appreciated for what they were meant to be. Classics are by nature supposed to be retro!
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