Headache-inducing comic nonsense, and a disaster for all concerned. George Roy Hill directed this frantic, witless free-for-all starring Jane Fonda (speaking with a flamboyant southern accent and sporting a ditzy bubble hairdo) in a weak performance as a dissatisfied young newlywed who shuts her hubby out of their honeymoon, receiving advice from a handsome stranger who has marriage troubles of his own. Isobel Lennart had the heady task of adapting the original play by Tennessee Williams--and it's hard to figure out who's to blame for what has ended up on the screen. Fonda's leading men (Tony Franciosa and Jim Hutton) try hard but can't break through the plastic handling, while the ensuing slapstick is enough to turn off anyone seeking lighter Tennessee Williams fare. *1/2 from ****
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