SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

ditavirga This movie should be watched at a maximum quality possible because it is so well directed, so well filmed, so well edited that it makes watching it a wonderful visual adventure.There were times I watched with my mouth open (the part where both couples sit at the table drunk and stoned, the clapping there is pleasure to watch as an upcoming editor).Also the beginning is amazing with the music and the music selection in general is so pleasing. A bit chaotic and not fully comprehensible, music is like a cherry on the top. This movie is so beautiful you don't even notice that the story-line is weak and a bit absurd.

kc9awa i saw the movie when it came out.it was great .i have told many people about it and wanted them to see it.this was long before video tape machines or even videos were available.i did not know Milo's foreman was the director until i saw a review of his work.i was not surprised to learn of his connection to many of my other favorite films.i cannot come up with ten lines of comment but hope those of you who review these lines of comment that after thirty four years since i saw this movie,i would like it so much i would join your site and writ e this comment.i have always wanted to see this movie again.maybe it will be available on DVD or video.have i made ten lines i hope so.your faithful viewer bill kc9awa

jt1999 Milos Forman's first American release is part social satire, part farcical look at two morose, middle-class parents (Buck Henry, Lynn Carlin, both outstanding)who begin to enjoy life only after their teenage daughter (sad-eyed LinneaHeacock) runs away. At once funny and touching, Forman and veteran Bunuelcollaborator Jean-Claude Carriere ("Belle du Jour," "Diary of a Chambermaid") concoct a simple story of unexpected depth, a wry comedy that unfoldsgradually, gently lampooning marriage and family life while painting a sensitive portrait of the confused, disenfranchised youth scene of the 1960s. Formanregular Vincent Schiavelli makes his debut here as a bell-bottomed marijuana"expert," who carefully instructs a banquet hall full of clueless parents in the fine art of getting high. A young Kathy Bates and a spirited Carly Simon appearbriefly singing at a theatrical audition, while Georgia Engel and Audra Lindley turn in subtle, nuanced performances several years before their televisiondebuts on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Three's Company," respectively. A beautifully observed, underrated gem.

Jon Noel Shelton I remember seeing this on tv years ago. The scene that stands out in my memory is the one where, at a seminar, Paul Benedict (Mr. Bentley from Tv's The Jefferson's) schools a group of middle aged parents on the proper way to smoke marijuana. They do this so that they may better understand their children. A scene that really belongs in a late 60's/early 70's time capsule. It is a halarious classic scene that alone makes the film worth seeing. Hopefully this title will be out on video soon.