This little-known film from the late 70s/ early 80s has a trite storyline, an awful romance, and some great moments. Basically, there's a washed-out former child prodigy (Richard Dreyfuss) who is almost too old to compete in piano competitions for his age group (presumably under-25s) and a more affluent, slightly younger, former fellow student (Amy Irving) from a Tanglewood summer camp. She is perfectly nice to him. He treats her like shit. He apologizes. She falls for him. He treats her like shit again. He apologizes... so and so forth. The romance sucks. And while the piano-playing is amazing, the clips they show are rather long (sometimes three or four minutes straight of just watching one person play a piece). What does this film have going for it? Well, first of all, it's shot on location in San Francisco. Yes, there's the token shot of the Golden Gate Bridge, but there are also some great shots of the streets and Golden Gate Park. Secondly, Lee Remick's character is great. She looks great, but more importantly she delivers some great lines. Presumeably she is supposed to be the jaded, old-maid, feminazi, but her character has great sex appeal and is so confident and alive as a minor character that she easily dwarfs the silly immaturity of the lead characters' "love story."
--A.Y.