This was probably Blake Edward's best film. Many fans of his Pink Panther series might disagree but I really enjoyed what I thought was going to be a pointless sex comedy. Sure it deals with a topic we've seen before, the male midlife crisis, but it finds a honest balance between farce and tender romance. Dudley Moore plays a famous song writer who becomes entranced by a bride he sees at a stop light on her way to get married. Struggling to define his relationship with his singer girlfriend, played by Julie Andrews, he bumbles his way in a drunken stupor to Mexico to where the young bride is on her honeymoon. Bo Derek plays the stunning bride and I was delighted to see she actually plays a character and not just a sex object. Grade: B+
On a side note: when I say they don't make them like this anymore I mean it. An entire scene where a couple argues over the definition of the word "broad" doesn't get made anymore. Too bad because it's a terrific scene.
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