Friday, August 10, 2012

One Is a Lonely Number (1972)

MGM
Directed by Mel Stuart
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(YouTube)

Trish Van Devere is going through a divorce in San Francisco. At first, she is helpless, with no job, no money and a liberal arts degree. She gets a job as a lifeguard, but only with the help of an employee at an agency who expects a date in return. She meets a well-dressed computer analyst and they eventually sleep together, but he turns out to be married. Her only real friend is elderly grocer Melvyn Douglas. It's an amiable, if predictable, look at the trials and tribulations of a single woman, though Van Devere's occasional crying fits are unconvincing. Retitled "Two Is a Happy Number", which is funnier than anything in the movie.

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