Directed by Herbert Ross
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
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Candice Bergen gets a job as a typist in a Chicago corporation, her desk a tiny speck in endless rows. She does not fit in with most of the other employees, her very dry sense of humor usually going completely over their heads. She makes friends with one girl, who sets her up on a blind date with a smug, rich, married man, during which she calls him a "schmuck". Other men in her life include Peter Boyle, a middle aged, married, tire salesman, with which she has a running conversation in bed the entire movie. Then there is James Caan, seemingly a perfect fit for her, but he turns out to be a jerk after their one night stand. There are plenty of insights about the impersonal big city and modern society. However, Bergen seems to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown, as evidenced by a phone call to her parents, and it makes you wonder why she just doesn't leave. I believe Boyle asked that very question, but the answer, something to the effect that she would be bored, was unsatisfactory.
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