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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975)

PG 09/11/1975 Comedy 1h 30m
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3.7/10

A gilt-edged wacky comedy

Overview

Sweeney is a playwright on a career decline. He spends much of his time wheedling money and beer out of his artistic friend Moriarty. One of his few highlights is weekly sex with his ex-wife Georgia. She is remarried to a rich but vile construction developer, but Sweeney and Gorgina are still in love.

John Trent

Director

David Main

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Anthony Newley

Anthony Newley

Sweeney

Stefanie Powers

Stefanie Powers

Georgina

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes

Moriarty

Lloyd Bochner

Lloyd Bochner

Burton

Yvonne De Carlo

Yvonne De Carlo

Julia

Henry Ramer

Henry Ramer

Prince

Lawrence Dane

Lawrence Dane

Broom

John Candy

John Candy

Kopek

Moya Fenwick

Moya Fenwick

Mrs. Chorley

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A review by r96sk

Written on January 13, 2023

Rather rubbish.

1975's <em>'It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time'</em> is supposed to be a comedy but I can't say I laughed, or even really chuckled, once, it's a bit of a slog to sit through; despite a short run time of 90 minutes.

A flick seemingly most known for being the second film role of John Candy, who I'm surprised to see got a spin-off from this with co-star Lawrence Dane - neither of them stood out to me to be honest, especially (the eventually great) Candy. Of the other cast members, Stefanie Powers is alright but Anthony Newley's character kinda irritated more than anything else unfortunately.

I shall still check out spin-off <em>'Find the Lady'</em>, in hope more than expectation that it'll be better than this - presumably with Candy as lead, it stands more of a ch...

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