The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends."
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes62%
Metacritic70/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
56 audience votes
Key crew
- Norman JewisonDirector
- Valerie CurtinWriter
- Barry LevinsonWriter
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Burt ReynoldsRichard Babson
- Goldie HawnPaula McCullen
- Jessica TandyEleanor McCullen
- Barnard HughesTim McCullen
- Audra LindleyAnn Babson
- Keenan WynnTom Babson
- Ron SilverLarry Weisman
- Richard LibertiniJorge Medina
- Peggy Walton-WalkerCarol Brandon
- Noah HathawayLyle Ballou
- Mikey MartinRobbie Ballou
- Helen Page CampMaid
Stills
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Themes
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