The Four Seasons

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Alan Alda, Carol Burnett. The friendships between four couples are dramatically altered when one of the marriages dissolves and a new, younger woman is suddenly thrust into their inner circle. Directed by Alan Alda. 1981/color/109 min/PG/widescreen.
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