Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Dominic LeRose "A Touch of Class" is one of those 70's B movies that have some enjoyable times and times that make you want to pull your hair out. It's a film that shows that people who cheat on their current lovers aren't just doing it for pleasure but that there are some who actually end up falling in love and have some class with the affair. George Segal plays Steve Blackburn, a wealthy business and family man who meets a mysterious and provocative divorced woman name Vickie Allessio (Glenda Jackson) at a park. Steve visits Vickie at work and convinces her to depart with him to Spain for a romantic love affair. Many things go wrong in the process, such as incidents at the resort, Steve's best friend following him and coming close to finding out the big secret and continuous arguing between the two New Yorkers. The idea of this film is very clever and fun, it's just it gets a little carried away with the whole 'keep it a secret' idea. The lengths and measures Steve and Vickie go through are absolutely ridiculous and the two don't share a strong enough chemistry for us to feel for their relationship. The relationship just drags and drags and becomes repetitive and feels like the same scene you just saw 15 minutes ago. And for those who somehow enjoyed their relationship, you'll be disappointed in the mislead ending the film concludes. There was just too much of the same thing between Vickie and Steve! The two lovebirds fight and argue and try and keep their affair a secret for two long. Glenda Jackson is very irritating and has an accent that sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. George Segal is actually very funny and Paul Sorvino is a fun friend of his. The film has a decent plot and some very funny moments at times even though Glenda Jackson ruins them and the third or fifth tie the same thing happens it becomes unfunny. The final third of this film is very poor but I must admit the middle of this film was very fun to watch due to the plot being new at the time and the characters still being developed. The opening is weak and the end section is artless, poorly written and a repeat of what we have seen earlier just out of Spain. Melvin Frank the writer and director wanted to make a romantic comedy about a love affair that turned into love and how the two went through extraordinary times to fulfill their love. Instead he got a rom-com that ended on a bad twist and a continuous disaster between a poorly-matched couple who shared some humor at times.

PWNYCNY This is an a movie about two irascible persons who meet and want it all, with bittersweet results. Although the two principal characters are obnoxious, their chemistry together simply overcomes their natural propensities to try to one up the other. George Segal and Glenda Jackson are wonderfully casted for their respective parts. The entire movie is basically a farce; the plot is so contrived that no one can possibly take it seriously. By all rights, the movie should have ended with their first argument at the airport. But this movie is driven not by the story but by the actors who succeed in transforming a ludicrous script into an award-winning movie. Jackson plays an excellent straight man to Segal's whining antics, and Segal, in turn, manages to transform his character from a two-dimensional stereotype of the spoiled American into a character with some depth and feeling. Together, Segal and Jackson form a duo that the audience can care about. Less skilled actors would have come off as shallow; with Segal and Jackson, the story is enriched and becomes entertaining.

Spikeopath A Touch of Class is directed by Melvin Frank who also co-writes the screenplay with Jack Rose. It stars Glenda Jackson, George Segal, Paul Sorvino, Hildegarde Neil and Mary Barclay. Music is by John Cameron and cinematography by Austin Dempster.Two great lead performances and a sharp script propel this delightful sex comedy forward. Plot is no great shakes but it matters not in truth, divorced English woman meets American married man, an attraction is there and they agree to go away for a brief holiday to indulge in some stress relieving sex. Upon arrival at the Spanish resort, a number of things get in the way of the couple actually copulating. Once achieved, things start to go a bit sour, and the bickering and withering sarcasm starts. But hold on, there's more twists to come, right up to the bittersweet finale.Genuine laughs are dotted throughout, Jackson's waspish tongue an utter delight, and the pic never teeters over the edge into sentimental hog- wash. It's obviously a product of its time, though the extra-marital affair theme is daringly mounted for the era. A lovely film, funny, poignant and literate. Score! 8/10

dglink At times screamingly funny, at least during the first hour, "A Touch of Class" boasts two fine comedic actors in top form and a script that manages to hit more highs than lows. After a catchy title tune, George Segal and Glenda Jackson meet a few times by chance before on-the-prowl Segal, who boasts of never cheating on his wife in the same city, moves in for the pounce. However, the divorced Jackson, who needs some good uninvolved sex, agrees to a tryst if they can manage something better than a "quickie" in a one-star hotel with dirty sheets. From this point the screwball comedy antics pile on. A returning wife and in-laws complicate the arrangements for a week in Spain, and an unwelcome friend shows up for the same flight to Malaga. The laugh meter rises with a faulty clutch, a spastic back, and a sexual performance rating that is on par with a Christmas card from the butcher.The comedy is in high form as the couple spar and parry towards consummating their relationship. Unfortunately, love enters the equation, and the unwelcome friend slows the merriment further with a serious turn about guilt. Although the pace picks up again when the couple returns to London, the damage has been done, and "A Touch of Class" fails to return to the hilarity of the first hour. Segal and Jackson are certainly not to blame for the sluggish mid section, and both performers deliver fine comedic performances that never go over the top for a laugh and retain a depth of character when the mood turns serious. The film belongs to the two stars, and they play well together. However, the supporting players in general fail to register with the exception of Eve Karpf as the slyly knowing Miss Ramos at Iberia Airlines.Symptomatic of the movie's slowdown is a scene where Jackson and Segal watch "Brief Encounter" on the television in their love nest. The Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard classic is a heavy "weepie" drama, and both characters wring the handkerchiefs while they watch the film. Although the temptation to insert shots from another film about marital infidelity was obviously too strong to resist, the scene further dampens the film and pushes the characters into a soul-searching phase that leads to the inevitable fadeout. Perhaps if the lovers had watched "A Night at the Opera" or "Bringing Up Baby," viewers would have left the theater laughing instead of sullen like the weather in the final scene.