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Lovers and Other Strangers

1970 · 104 min

A wry, talky ensemble comedy that ambles through family gatherings, mixing gentle laughs with quiet rue about marriage and compromise.

Directed by
Cy Howard
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Bea Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon
Overview
Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy. Mike's brother Richie and his wife Joan are going through a divorce, which is upsetting his overly devout Catholic mother Beatrice. Also, Susan's father is carrying on an affair and her sex starved older sister Wilma is going through her troubles with her husband Johnny. All this is going on while Mike's best friend Jerry is trying to bed the maid of honor, Susan's cousin Brenda.

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Directed by
Cy Howard
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Bea Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • betrayal
  • parenthood
  • faith
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Cy Howard
Written by
Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman
Starring
Bea Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, Richard S. Castellano, Bob Dishy, Harry Guardino, Marian Hailey, Joseph Hindy
Music
Fred Karlin
Cinematography
Andrew Laszlo
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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