Starting Over

Name: Starting Over
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: October 5, 1979
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Austin Pendleton, Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Charles Kimbrough

1979

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 5, 1979 | R

Starring: Austin Pendleton, Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Charles Kimbrough, Frances Sternhagen, Jay O. Sanders, Jill Clayburgh, MacIntyre Dixon, Mary Kay Place

Summary: A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This affects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel.

Director: Alan J. Pakula

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 105 min

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Gary Arnold

There's no doubt about Burt Reynolds' skill. Starting Over finds Reynolds at a level of proficiency that approaches the awesome. [05 Oct 1979, p.B1]

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Starting Over takes on the subject of marital dissolution from a comic point of view, and succeeds admirably, wryly directed by Alan J. Pakula, and featuring an outstanding cast. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

While all of the acting is top-notch, Reynolds steals the show with his underplaying and understanding of the role. Read full review

Janet Maslin

Starting Over depicts an abandoned man in all his misery, and still manages to be fast and funny while it breaks new ground. Read full review

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It's as if Pakula had got on a fairground horse that has gone out of control, and is undecided whether to go with it or try to stop it. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Starting Over actually feels sort of embarrassed at times, maybe because characters are placed in silly sitcom situations and then forced to say lines that are supposed to be revealing and real. When the gags do work, and occasionally they do, it's more a matter of acute social observation than good writing. Read full review

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