The read
Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A middle aged restaurateur begins to feel the desire to roam and realizes that one day each week, his mother's apartment will be empty all afternoon. He makes several attempts at seduction, only to learn that it is much more complicated and difficult than he could have imagined.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do.
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Neil SimonScreenplay
- Gene SaksDirector
Cast
- Alan ArkinBarney Cashman
- Sally KellermanElaine
- Paula PrentissBobbi Michele
- Renée TaylorJeanette
- Bella BruckCashier
- Sandy BalsonCharlotte
- Frank LoverdeMel
- Bert ConroyBert
- Charles WoolfJesse
- Ben FreedmanMickey
- Buddy LewisWaiter #1
- Paul 'Mousie' GarnerWaiter #2
Stills
Themes
adulterymidlife crisisbased on play or musicaldating