Ernest Thompson, the author of On Golden Pond, probes the depths of adult heterosexual relations, and satisfies himself at every turn with the adolescent, the glib, the flip, the cute. The action -- one couple falling out of love, another couple falling into it -- is divided into episodes with chapter headings like "Halloween," "The First Frost," "Giving Thanks," and "The Season to Be Jolly," spelled out on screen in up-to-the-minute magazine-style graphics, exactly as slick as the action they label. The actors carry on as if this is as close as they're ever likely to get to the French "intimist" cinema, and they (Jeff Daniels more than Don Johnson, Elizabeth Perkins more than Susan Sarandon) breathe evanescent little puffs of life into it. Directed by Robert Greenwald. (1988) — Duncan Shepherd
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