... in that it's not that it provides high fidelity music, it's just fun sometimes to interact with items that are so obviously outdated. That's the key to this very dated 60s sex comedy.
Married executive John Cleves (Jason Robards) has a mistress, Ellen Gordon (Jane Fonda) that he sees only on Wednesday nights. He tells his wife that he spends Wednesday nights in the city in a corporate apartment working on business. He lies to Ellen and says he can't get a divorce because his children are toddlers - They are in fact in college. John has things just the way that he wants them. Then an Ohio businessman who already doesn't like John (Dean Jones as Cass Henderson) meets Ellen, falls for her, and figures out what is going on between her and John. This makes his dislike for Cleves greatly increase.
Then John's wife Dorothy discovers the love nest and divorces her husband. So now John is on the hook to marry Ellen after the divorce. John begins treating Ellen more like he treated his wife - he begins to notice her little flaws and is less affectionate. Ellen begins to act more like a wife than a mistress and starts to demand things from John and talk about having children. And John begins to do something he hasn't done that much in years - make romantic overtures to his ex-wife, who is still very attractive. What makes his ex-wife even more attractive to John is that she rebuffs his advances. It seems that John has never really loved either of these women, he is just attracted to a challenge and to danger. Meanwhile, Cass is waiting in the wings in case Ellen has a change of heart.
These kinds of sex comedies were common in the 60s as the production code collapsed and the birth control pill made contraception something more reliable that women could control, much lessening the chance of unwanted pregnancy. Remember that 40% of all brides in 1960 were pregnant!
It was interesting to see Jason Robards playing a blue blood romantic rogue which was a departure for him. Dean Jones is - as usual - playing Dean Jones. Jane Fonda is delightful as a mess of a woman who is caught up in this complex situation. Dorothy Cleves as Rosemary, John's wife/ex-wife is not exactly playing this as Norma Shearer in The Women. Rosemary is someone who feels no need to be uncivilized about John's cheating and the dissolution of her marriage and even invites Ellen over to meet all of her future servants.
This film plays out with no real surprises, but it is still enjoyable for the dialogue and the performances.
Married executive John Cleves (Jason Robards) has a mistress, Ellen Gordon (Jane Fonda) that he sees only on Wednesday nights. He tells his wife that he spends Wednesday nights in the city in a corporate apartment working on business. He lies to Ellen and says he can't get a divorce because his children are toddlers - They are in fact in college. John has things just the way that he wants them. Then an Ohio businessman who already doesn't like John (Dean Jones as Cass Henderson) meets Ellen, falls for her, and figures out what is going on between her and John. This makes his dislike for Cleves greatly increase.
Then John's wife Dorothy discovers the love nest and divorces her husband. So now John is on the hook to marry Ellen after the divorce. John begins treating Ellen more like he treated his wife - he begins to notice her little flaws and is less affectionate. Ellen begins to act more like a wife than a mistress and starts to demand things from John and talk about having children. And John begins to do something he hasn't done that much in years - make romantic overtures to his ex-wife, who is still very attractive. What makes his ex-wife even more attractive to John is that she rebuffs his advances. It seems that John has never really loved either of these women, he is just attracted to a challenge and to danger. Meanwhile, Cass is waiting in the wings in case Ellen has a change of heart.
These kinds of sex comedies were common in the 60s as the production code collapsed and the birth control pill made contraception something more reliable that women could control, much lessening the chance of unwanted pregnancy. Remember that 40% of all brides in 1960 were pregnant!
It was interesting to see Jason Robards playing a blue blood romantic rogue which was a departure for him. Dean Jones is - as usual - playing Dean Jones. Jane Fonda is delightful as a mess of a woman who is caught up in this complex situation. Dorothy Cleves as Rosemary, John's wife/ex-wife is not exactly playing this as Norma Shearer in The Women. Rosemary is someone who feels no need to be uncivilized about John's cheating and the dissolution of her marriage and even invites Ellen over to meet all of her future servants.
This film plays out with no real surprises, but it is still enjoyable for the dialogue and the performances.