This is a must see film for so many reasons. The cast alone os incredible. A young, beautiful Sally Field, who doesn't wear a bra throughout the movie (yay 70s!). A young Arnold Schwarzenegger in his debut acting role (not counting Hercules). A young handsome Jeff Bridges in his physical prime. This film is also a time machine into a different era, and a different view of the world.
There is a great story and meaning to this movie that is also pertinent and powerful despite the strange climax.
Overall, the movie is not boring, there is so much there to watch for, and it keeps your attention. The film just doesn't quite know what it wants to be, and there are many strange aspects to it that may have been edgy, hip, or modern, at the time, but just feels bizarre now. That aspect of the film is where it fails as a movie, but also is quite interesting in the "time machine" aspect of things that you would never see today and would only see in this time period.
There is a great story and meaning to this movie that is also pertinent and powerful despite the strange climax.
Overall, the movie is not boring, there is so much there to watch for, and it keeps your attention. The film just doesn't quite know what it wants to be, and there are many strange aspects to it that may have been edgy, hip, or modern, at the time, but just feels bizarre now. That aspect of the film is where it fails as a movie, but also is quite interesting in the "time machine" aspect of things that you would never see today and would only see in this time period.