Like someone said, a "guy flick" or romance geared for men...lol
One thing I found odd is that Holden's character continually pushed Breezy away, and suddenly just decides to come back in her life towards the end of the picture...
It was interesting seeing Roger C. Carmel ("Harry Mudd" from the classic Star Trek) as the friend...
"You say?
"I say you say nothing! I say!"~Al "Big Boy" Caprice, Dick Tracy (1990)
he pushes her away at first because he does not want to be considered for his house and money only, then accepts her but the society makes him refuse her again because they are seen as a "dirty joke" by too much people....it is only the night spent alone with the dog and the pain of Betty that makes him see the truth, so he returns to her! IMO after the end he will tell Bob (at the 3rd attempt) about them and will go with Breezy at the hospital to see how betty is...trying to get normal as they want to be
share I think it is kind of a guy movie as well. It seems as if Hollywood just can't or won't make films about middle aged men finding love where it presents itself.
They should know that there are guys who like a films where it shows them how to learn to take a chance with love when it is presented. The world in witch we live does not embrace age difference if it is not presented as the male being a young hunk.
I liked Holden here, how he kept up the sardonic edge which stopped the film from drowning in sentimentalism that it geared towards quite a bit, anyway (as is custom with most of Eastwood´s directorial output, especially in later years). A bit cutesy the whole thing, and naive, with a solid smell of certain datedness, especially when it comes to the titular character with her overabundantly loving hippie type of thing going on (the acting by Lenz was not everything it could have been, either, even though it was more or less adequate in the end - considering she is playing an absurd caricature), but in the end it´s still kinda sympathetic in a way, I guess. A nice and sunny, if occasionally tacky, little piece of bittersweet So-Cal daydreaming that still has just about enough of the distinct downbeat vibe characteristic to the era. 6-6,5/10. These first Eastwood pictures are all at least interesting (High Plains Drifter being much more than that).
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
I wonder has William Holden ever played the straight up b/w hero? He usually only plays the sardonic, cynical, weary, tired, and sarcastic anti hero protagonist.
shareHe pushes her away because just like this film's audience, he is cynical and uncomfortable of romances with a huge age gap, in this film 30 years.
He didn't just suddenly change his mind, it was his ex that changed his mind. Hearing how quickly true love disappears in the blink of an eye. It was upon hearing this that he decides to take the plunge into the unconventional but fulfilling relationship with Breezy.
Take areal life example Michael Douglas and Jones. She is there for the money
and materialism is how most romances work.
Are you saying Catherine is with him for the money? Because that's simply not true. She was an A list actress before she met Douglas.
shareThis is one of the saddest comments I've seen in a long time. What a bleak view of both love and life.
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