Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Eric266 For a movie with an interesting premise and a stable of talented actors, this movie really left a lot to be desired. A man who wakes up in Central Park with amnesia and sets out on an odyssey of discovery, should have been riveting. With a tighter script and a better director, this could have had Oscar buzz.James Garner plays the amnesiac who encounters several women through the day whom he imagines are a woman he once loved named Grace. Katherine Ross, Suzanne Pleshette (always a personal favorite) and Jean Simmons play the ladies. Along the way he also encounters a helpful Angela Landsbury and Jack Gilford. You could also count the City of New York itself as a character as Director Delbert Mann beats you over the head with the scenery.The story is compelling, but the characters are not believable. This takes place in the 60s so maybe attitudes were different, but all these women invite this stranger into their homes/lives with almost no thought. Even when he becomes agitated about not remembering things, they don't kick him out. Each scene seems to be its own entity and doesn't really tie to the next one. There is a sub-plot about an escaped convict who may or not be Mr. Buddwing, but this plot is dropped quickly and never developed. It would have been interesting to keep that going. Then, just when it appears the movie is about to pick up some steam, it just...stops. We never get a denouement of any kind. Perhaps that was the director's intent, but after having to slog through the slowly paced film, we should have gotten something. A saving "grace" if you will.Not to say the movie isn't good. The actors/actresses do a fine job. It was odd seeing Garner play against his hero type for once. Pleshette is lovely in her role which is the best written of the three main females as well as the most touching. Jean Simmons was fun as a spoiled rich girl out for a good time. Character actor Gilford had some nice chemistry with Garner but his scenes are brief and then he is gone.I wanted to like this film, but it felt like a college drama class project with all the artsy shots of New York rather than a taut drama about a man trying to find himself.

blanche-2 James Garner is "Mr. Buddwing," a man who wakes up in Central Park and can't remember who he is in this 1966 film directed by Delbert Mann. Taking the name Buddwing off of a Budweiser truck and the wing of a plane, Garner has a train schedule for a Harlem line, a phone number, and a ring with a crack in it from "GV." Gradually things start to come back to him as he meets various women throughout the day, all of whom he thinks are named Grace. Through them, he relives different stages of his married life: Katharine Ross, a college student; Suzanne Pleshette, an actress; and Jean Simmons, as a drunken blond on a scavenger hunt. Angela Lansbury plays a blowsy woman whose phone number Buddwing finds in his pocket - or thinks he does.The film is made in an interesting way - one minute, Garner will be talking to Pleshette, for instance, in the present, and then a second later, he's talking to Pleshette as Grace, at some time in the past. The film is like that all the way through, as Buddwing's memories come back. Despite its stylishness and the '60s New York City scenes, "Mr. Buddwing" moves somewhat slowly. Garner does a good job, portraying the man's confusion and frustration well. Both Pleshette and Simmons are excellent; Ross has the least showy role.A dark movie, worth seeing.

katesullivan1 A quirky, moody, sleight of reality. As this movie progresses it becomes more an altered chronology of remembered events rather than a series of hallucinations. The city of New York is more than a geographical location, it is an artistic "set". The use of black and white rather than color gives this particular "set" a role in establishing the mood and tone. ALL the shots are for dramatic effect, not a wasted inch. High contrast but in a muted way. A perfect example is the black iron walkway leading to the bridge against a NY skyline and Suzanne Pleshette in a white coat and boots (ala '60"s). This composition has great dark lines and light forms but almost in an early evening haze. Then, I also must comment on Jean Simmons like I've hardly ever seen her. She was so coquettish, lush, lively and degenerate at the same time that I thought I was seeing Vivien Leigh as a young flapper. I was quite mesmerized trying to reconcile this Jean Simmons with "Young Bess". I thought she was the spark of the whole movie.The cutting and arranging of the sequences lent themselves to dramatically unfolding the story in non-chronological order. This is what made me think of "Memento".Like "Memento"'s Guy Pearce, James Garner mostly stumbles through "Mr. Buddwing" fairly stupefied. This behavior seems about right to me if someone were truly experiencing this altered reality.I recommend this movie for a dark, hushed evening, especially if you have friends willing to "suspend dis-belief" and careen around New York and James Garner's head.

sharona_x007 I like the film for its New York mid-60s esthetic, but I agree with others who liken the film to a religious allegory. The use of the name "Grace" and the frequent mentions of God....allegorical. But instead of reminding me of other amnesia films, instead it somewhat reminds me of The Swimmer with its conversations that begin as if we already know all the characters involved and the circumstances therein.Jean Simmons and Suzanne Pleshette give performances that are called for in this type of production (what fun to see Correges white fashion boots on Pleshette, just like the ones I wore in high school in 1966!). And I do love James Garner, but as someone else has stated, Anthony Perkins would have owned this film.One of Garner's best films ever was another B&W called "The Americanization of Emily."