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Release Date:
26 September 1980 (Finland) moreTagline:
It's not supposed to happen twice in your life, but it can.Plot:
George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie Malone... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
Almost a 10 moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Caan | ... | George Schneider |
 | Marsha Mason | ... | Jennie MacLaine |
 | Joseph Bologna | ... | Leo Schneider |
 | Valerie Harper | ... | Faye Medwick |
 | Alan Fudge | ... | Lee Michaels |
| Judy Farrell | ... | Owen Michaels |
| Debra Mooney | ... | Marilyn |
| Isabel Cooley | ... | Customs Officer |
| Imogene Bliss | ... | Elderly Lady in Bookstore |
| Barry Michlin | ... | Maitre'D |
| Ray Young | ... | Gary |
| Greg Zadikov | ... | Waiter |
| Dr. Paul Singh | ... | Waiter |
| Sumant | ... | Waiter |
| Cheryl Bianchi | ... | Electric Girl |
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124 minCountry:
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Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:S | USA:PG | West Germany:12MOVIEmeter: 
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Marsha Mason is essentially playing herself because Neil Simon based the story on their marriage. moreQuotes:
Jennie MacLaine: I am wonderful, I'm nuts about me, and if you're stupid enough to throw someone sensational like me aside, you don't deserve as good as you've got. moreSoundtrack:
I'M ON YOUR SIDE moreFAQ
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Autobiographical comedy/drama by Neil Simon. In it a recent widower George Schneider (James Caan) meets and falls in love with a recent divorcee Jennie MacLaine (Marsha Mason). He marries her quickly, but realizes he hasn't gotten completely over his first wife. Is her love for him enough to see them through?
This was based on the real troubles Simon had when he married Mason in the early 1970s. He got over them (not completely though--they divorced in 1981) and wrote "Chapter Two" for the stage. I never saw it on the stage but I remember seeing this movie up the theatre back in 1980. I loved it (with reservations) back then and I still love it (with reservations) now.
The dialogue is virtual non-stop one-liners--real people don't talk like that but it is fun and entertaining to listen to. The dramatic sequences work well especially with Mason giving her all to what must have been a very difficult role for her to play. She's just tremendous (and drop-dead gorgeous) and was understandably nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for this role (she lost to Sally Field for "Norma Rae"). The film looks beautiful, moves fairly quickly and there's nice strong support from Joseph Bologna and (especially) Valerie Harper...but there's one big problem. James Caan. He's a wonderful DRAMATIC actor...NOT comedic. He seems very uncomfortable playing a mild-mannered grieving man, and the poor guy has no comedic timing and doesn't know how to tell a joke--most of his lines fall flat.
With a better leading man I might have given it a 10. As it is this is a strong 9. Worth catching...especially for Mason.