Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
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100% of critics liked it
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52% of users liked it
(717 ratings)
Lovers and Other Strangers became a "sleeper" hit, based on a play by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna. The story is essentially a series of vignettes and anecdotes, unified by an impending marriage. Father of the bride Hal (Gig Young) has problems with his long-suffering mistress, Cathy… More Lovers and Other Strangers became a "sleeper" hit, based on a play by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna. The story is essentially a series of vignettes and anecdotes, unified by an impending marriage. Father of the bride Hal (Gig Young) has problems with his long-suffering mistress, Cathy (Anne Jackson), who spends much of the film sitting on the toilet, crying her eyes out; Wilma (Anne Meara), the bride's sex-starved sister, can't wrest her husband, Johnny (Harry Guardino), away from the TV; and Frank (Richard S. Castellano), as the groom's father, slips comfortably into Bartlett's Familiar Quotations with his oft-repeated query "So what's the story?" Twelfth-billed Diane Keaton makes her film debut as a garrulous wedding guest. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Cy Howard
- Written By
- Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
R,
- In Theaters
- Aug 12, 1970 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It has the tact to hold back, to trust its characters to somehow fumble through to something that's not love, maybe, but will do.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
A charming, hilarious film that skillfully balances the many divergent storylines into a fascinating, entertaining whole.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The best element of this Broadway play to the big screen transfer is the acting of the entire ensemble, headed by Richard Castellano, who received a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
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, Film4
A witty movie - the success of which Howard never repeated.
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Cast
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Beatrice Arthur
as Bea
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Bonnie Bedelia
as Susan
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Michael Brandon
as Mike
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Richard S. Castellano
as Frank
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Harry Guardino
as Johnny
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Marian Hailey
as Brenda
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Joseph Hindy
as Richie
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Anne Jackson
as Cathy
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Diane Keaton
as Joan
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Cloris Leachman
as Bernice
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Anne Meara
as Wilma
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Gig Young
as Hal
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Anthony Holland
as Donaldson
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Bob Kaliban
as Hotel Clerk
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Amy Stiller
as Flower Girl
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Charlotte Jones
as Johnny's Mother
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Mort Marshall
as Father Gregory
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Bob Dishy
as Jerry
- Conrad Bain
- Jerry Stiller
- Sylvester Stallone
