You gotta love the 70sness of any film with Melissa Manchester belting out the emotional title love track. (Ice Castles, The Promise)
I always include a qualifier. If you were watching this when it came out, the 70s aspect is not going to affect you, because you are living at the moment and don't even realize that your time period will be considered cool in the future.
But for people watching now, the 70s aspect is part of the fun. Remember when middle class Americans actually lived in cities? Or when cars had interesting shapes, music was catchy and stylistic, carpet was green, and lounge chairs were made of orange leather?
The performances by Stephen Collins and Beatrice Straight made this film. Kathleen Quinlan is good too, but the other too conveyed sadness better.
I can't help noticing the similarity to the movie Love Story. The photography is the other aspect that made it worth watching. There are amazing shots of coastal New England and San Francisco.
If you're an old fashioned romantic, you will allow some of the over-the-top coincidences in the name of fate and love's destiny. If you want to judge this film by strict artistic criteria, that's a different story.
I would have appreciate more story development regarding how they get together in the first place. After a short montage of puppy love settings, they are already talking marriage.
In summary, the title track, if you like Manchester's shouting style, the photography, a couple of key performances, and the 70s style make it worth my while and perhaps yours too, although you better be female in most cases.
I always include a qualifier. If you were watching this when it came out, the 70s aspect is not going to affect you, because you are living at the moment and don't even realize that your time period will be considered cool in the future.
But for people watching now, the 70s aspect is part of the fun. Remember when middle class Americans actually lived in cities? Or when cars had interesting shapes, music was catchy and stylistic, carpet was green, and lounge chairs were made of orange leather?
The performances by Stephen Collins and Beatrice Straight made this film. Kathleen Quinlan is good too, but the other too conveyed sadness better.
I can't help noticing the similarity to the movie Love Story. The photography is the other aspect that made it worth watching. There are amazing shots of coastal New England and San Francisco.
If you're an old fashioned romantic, you will allow some of the over-the-top coincidences in the name of fate and love's destiny. If you want to judge this film by strict artistic criteria, that's a different story.
I would have appreciate more story development regarding how they get together in the first place. After a short montage of puppy love settings, they are already talking marriage.
In summary, the title track, if you like Manchester's shouting style, the photography, a couple of key performances, and the 70s style make it worth my while and perhaps yours too, although you better be female in most cases.