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11 August 1988 (Australia) moreUser Comments:
Terribly trite, despite some good actors moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Alan Alda | ... | Steve |
 | Hal Linden | ... | Mel Arons |
 | Ann-Margret | ... | Jackie Jardino |
| Veronica Hamel | ... | Kay Hutton |
 | John Shea | ... | Doc |
 | Mary Kay Place | ... | Donna |
| Beatrice Alda | ... | Judy |
| David Eisner | ... | Billy |
| Victoria Snow | ... | Audrey |
| John Kozak | ... | Phil |
| Alan Jordan | ... | Steve's Lawyer |
| Tim Koetting | ... | Maurice |
| Catherine Disher | ... | Student |
 | Alec Mapa | ... | Sybil |
| Malcolm Stewart | ... | Suitor #1 |
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Toronto, Ontario, CanadaFun Stuff
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Concerto for Three Violins in D Major moreFAQ
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Alan Alda worked his way away from the TV series "M*A*S*H" cautiously and nimbly, first as an actor in "Same Time Next Year", then as an actor-writer with the classy "The Seduction of Joe Tynan" and eventually with his smoothest film to date "The Four Seasons", where he was writer, director, and star. 1988's "A New Life" seems to take him right back to television, with a sitcom script and one-dimensional characters. Alda and Ann-Margret are New York marrieds who decide to divorce and seek out other partners, finding themselves out of step with the modern singles-scene. Ann-Margret (sporting a big poof 'do that was way too big even for the '80's) is an attractive presence, and it seems natural for her to be drawn to John Shea (who could be Alda's younger brother), but the other players look lost in their roles, and Alda as a writer has only obvious points to make. It's all a comedic sham; plastic, unrealistic, and relentlessly mediocre. *1/2 from ****