Sally Field, James Garner, Corey Haim
Director Martin Ritt (Norma Rae) helmed this offbeat romance that earned costar James Garner an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a widowed druggist who befriends a confused divorcee (Sally...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 16, 2000
Stats: 177 reviews
Flixster Reviews (177)
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April 7, 2007
"I'm a widower. That's like catnip to a cat, in a town where the ladies outnumber you ten to one."
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January 14, 2007
Year in and year out, James Garner delivers. He and Field have great chemistry in this May-December romantic comedy.
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June 15, 2009
(1985 Director: Martin Ritt) Wonderful chemistry between James Garner and Sally Field in this tale about a divorcee who must pull herself up by her bootstraps who is raising her son on her own after being left by her very flaky ex-husband who resurfaces to complicate her independ...( read more)
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April 22, 2009
I didn't expect to like this movie as much as I did. It was serious and funny all at the same time. The cast was great - yes, even the young Corey Haim. James Garner continually surprises me. His best-actor nomination was well-deserved.
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November 17, 2008
I rarely enjoy "romantic" movies, but this one is good and the best of its type. I felt like I knew the characters all my life and had grown up with them.
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July 28, 2008
I love this moive I look some what like sally fillds and I work as had as she dose in this movie in my every day life....
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