George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie Malone, and somehow they hit it off. And just when things are moving along, the memory of his first wife comes between them.
Acting
Marsha Mason's Oscar-nominated turn as a woman who knows better
Writing
Neil Simon's stage-sharp dialogue about love after loss
Direction
Robert Moore's intimate two-hander staging
Director
Robert Moore
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a sequel to Neil Simon's 'Chapter Two' play and film, with Mason reprising her Tony-winning role opposite Caan subbing in for original lead George Segal.
In 1979, Hollywood finally let widowers be romantic leads instead of tragic figures—though the film still can't decide if second marriages are brave or just convenient.
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