Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman

Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.

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61% liked it

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PG, 118 min.

Directed by: Sydney Pollack

Release Date: October 19, 1973

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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2001

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  • October 27, 2009
    has anybody noticed how streisand is similar to sandra bullock in many ways? it's a film about two people who are 90% perfect for each other, 100% smitten but also 100% in denial, knowing they won't last because there's the 10% of incompatibility. it's all percentages you see! ye...( read more)s, because streisand is so much like bullock i want to eat her all up too!
  • September 11, 2009
    Sweet story. The ending actually worked for this one. I enjoyed it.
  • October 12, 2007
    redford was a sorry excuse for a man in this movie....not your traditional love story but i guess this is more realistic
  • July 7, 2007
    This is a nice romantic movie for all the Robert Redford & and Barbra Striesand fans. It is mainly set right before the outbreak of WWII and it is a romance between two former college students, and after the war the plot thickens with the whole Communists witch hunt scares of the...( read more) late forties, early fifties. I think that this is a pure class film.
  • November 3, 2006
    It was okay...
  • November 16, 2009
    my classc fav..........
  • November 14, 2009
    No ma ne vogliamo davvero parlare della coppia Streisand-Redford? Che roba.
    Il finale ha fatto arrabbiare tantissimo la romanticona che č in me.
  • November 6, 2009
    cry cry tears..boo hooo
  • October 21, 2009
    Glossy romantic drama, it's a bit corny, but the outstanding production overshadows the films flaws. Barbra Streisand is excellent, her chemistry with Robert Redford makes the film work. A good story, a classic romance and it has an outstanding theme song to boot.
  • September 27, 2009
    loved bab's playing a lefty is that acting or what?

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October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It's easy to forgive the movie a lot because of Streisand. She's fantastic. full review

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  • DirectorEugene
    December 28, 2008
    The lady-in-love was a strong, dominant character in the relationship. The playboy character of Robert Redford transcends time, but in reality, he would have been the one looking haphazardly to change the world. In going with the story line, the character of Barbra Streisand would probably have wanted to move to a kibbutz in the re-emerging state of Israel, rather than to Paris.

    The couple had a chance to say, our love is strong enough that no issue is worth giving up a lifetime of happiness. The characters miss out on what could have been theirs for the taking---true love. Content and complacent, resigned to their roles in life, when they are older, they can only look back on a love that was The Way They Were.

    Not many people get a second-chance at a first-love. But would it have been out-of-place, especially with the characters which made up that couple?--a story in which the main characters recognize that true-love is for always.

    By Director Eugene

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