The Four Seasons

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The Four Seasons

Director: Alan Alda
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Distributor: Universal Studios
Actually, this comedy is one of the more enjoyable films to examine midlife crisis in the 1980s. Written and directed by Alan Alda, it examines the effects of middle age on a group of married couples who are longtime friends. Each season they go away on a vacation together, but the dynamic gets skewed when one of the men dumps his wife for a younger woman. Though some may find the characters’ self-satisfaction and upscale neuroses a shade cloying, they are more than matched by Alda’s solid, often funny writing. The couple with the biggest laughs: the hilariously…
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Actually, this comedy is one of the more enjoyable films to examine midlife crisis in the 1980s. Written and directed by Alan Alda, it examines the effects of middle age on a group of married couples who are longtime friends. Each season they go away on a vacation together, but the dynamic gets skewed when one of the men dumps his wife for a younger woman. Though some may find the characters’ self-satisfaction and upscale neuroses a shade cloying, they are more than matched by Alda’s solid, often funny writing. The couple with the biggest laughs: the hilariously paired Jack Weston and Rita Moreno (although Alda and Carol Burnett also strike comic sparks). —Marshall Fine

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