An original screenplay by Neil Simon, originally titled "Bogart Slept Here" (and set to co-star Marsha Mason with Robert De Niro), pits dumped-on single mother and former dancer in New York City with a high-strung off-Broadway actor in the same apartment. Hit comedy has a woodpecker's rhythm: some of the lines are funny but the smart talk is very theatrical, all in service of a contrived set-up. Luckily, the cast is winning: Mason is marvelous when she gets her ire up, punctuated with held-back tears, while Oscar-winner Richard Dreyfuss is a charming rascal (his play within the movie, "Richard III"--with its emphasis on Richard's homosexuality--is very amusing). The first half is generally too brittle while the third act is too soft, yet the players make the movie memorably cute and warm. Director Herbert Ross does some lovely, romantic things with rain here, particularly in his wet finale which is reminiscent in its staging and editing of the final scene in "Breakfast at Tiffany's". *** from ****

What starts out like an opening to a sitcom quickly turns into a charming romantic comedy as two unlikely roommates fall for each other despite their many quirks.

Marsha Mason is the down on her luck, perpetually dumped Broadway dancer with a child in tow and Richard Dreyfuss is the odd, self-absorbed actor who subleased the apartment before Mason and her boyfriend broke up.

Watching these two spar, laugh, and love together is exhilarating, exhausting, and incredibly fun thanks to Neil Simon's quick witted dialogue.

A must see!

Poor Marsha Marson. All of her relationships end in failure. The guy simply walks out. She has a precocious daughter, devilishly played by Quinn Cummings. The latter received a supporting actress nomination and faded from the movie scene real fast. Where are you Quinn darling?

Forced to share an apartment with a stranger, Mason may finally be on the right track. Richard Dreyfuss is that man and in a surprise Oscar winning performance (Richard Burton was also up for Equus that year), he is perfect in the role as the charmer.

By movie's end Dreyfuss has to go off to somewhere but unlike the other men in her life, will return. How do we know he is coming back? Just see this delightful film and find out.