To be honest, I'm not always the biggest of fan of ensemble casts, and wasn't here, either. This is one of those movies that doesn't seem to go anywhere but exactly where you think it will go: It starts out with 3 couples fairly happily vacationing together. Without much thought you know what the trend is going to be -- the one or more of the relationships will fail, and that as the vacations progress someone will get dumped, others will stick, tensions will rise. The only question left is who will stick, who will exit, what will the tensions be about. So in terms of plot...yawn. And, some of the scenarios seem rather forced. Jumping into a lake in cold weather. Really? Hardly being phased after breaking through the ice and spending quite a few minutes in freezing water? Especially when you're an overweight unhealthy man? That's not to say that I didn't like the film, because I did enjoy several of the individual performances. Alan Alda is someone I enjoy watching every once in a while; more a television than a movie actor; but he always seems sort of the same in everything he's in. That's why I enjoy him occasionally. Interesting to see Carol Burnett is a more serious role, and although television was clearly her medium, I wish we had seen her in more movie roles. Len Cariou...seems like a decent actor, but not handsome enough to be "up there"; every once in a while he turned in a good performance worth noting; not sure this was one of those times, although he does "okay". Jack Weston, an actor I had pretty much forgotten about, but he was always reliable and is so here. Rita Moreno is here...and that's about all I can say about her in this film; they don't give her that much to do, even though she is one of the 6 main characters. Sandy Dennis was one of those quirky actresses that was just right in certain types of roles, and she does nicely here. I would actually give highest marks here to Bess Armstrong; very good at playing naive, but building to an understanding of that.
Okay, so I watched the film. Once. Is enough.
Okay, so I watched the film. Once. Is enough.