Directed by Robert Scheerer
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
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Dissatisfied with his life as a young college professor in California, Michael Douglas drives to Missouri for the funeral of a distant relative. He ends up staying the summer, getting a job as a manual labor for the electric company. He hangs out with his good ole boy coworkers, including Joe Don Baker, getting drunk, picking up women, etc. He falls in love with local beauty Lee Purcell, but they are obviously not suited for each other. He has dreams of traveling the world, she just wants to settle down. Nonetheless, he proposes marriage, only to have second thoughts. The plot is a bit too predictable, and Douglas' character is ultimately selfish and unlikeable, but entertaining in a laid back, unassuming way.
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