Starting Over

1979

Action / Comedy / Romance

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 59% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 59% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 3529 3.5K

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Plot summary

After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.

Director

Alan J. Pakula Photo
Alan J. Pakula

Top cast

Kevin Bacon Photo
Kevin Bacon as Husband - Young Couple
Austin Pendleton Photo
Austin Pendleton as Paul
Anne De Salvo Photo
Anne De Salvo as Wife
Charles Kimbrough Photo
Charles Kimbrough as Salesman
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969.23 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 2
1.76 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by thekesslerboy 7 / 10

above average romcom, and Christmassy

I loved Burt Reynolds when I was wee. And performances like this, for me, are what he was best at. Here's the scoop: he is normal, we are normal, but the world is a bit crazy, and us normal guys have got to navigate it and find true, terrific, wonderful love.This is a romantic comedy, a genre which seldom produces a great film, and indeed this is not a great film. That said, it is an above - average, very enjoyable film of it's type, which is genuinely LOL funny in places, and has not dated at all. And, it has a nice Christmas-time thing going on, which may or not be relevant to your interest. Slightly wonky (New York / Bostony) music is fitting, and I would defo give Bergen a cuddle with that see-through blouse thing on.When the end credits come up, with another cheesy song, you might feel that you know a wee bit more about humanity, and more again about what love really is, and isn't.
Reviewed by Sylviastel 10 / 10

If I don't touch you soon I'll go out of my mind.

Burt Reynolds played Phil Potter, a Boston publishing executive. In this film, he and his wife, Jessica, split up. She wants to pursue a singing career. Candice Bergen earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Jessica Potter. Phil meets Marilyn Holmburg, a school teacher, who helps him deal with the breakup. Jill Clayburgh earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Marilyn. Reynolds, Clayburgh and Bergen did earn Golden Globe nominations for their roles in this film. The film is a nice romantic comedy about mature adults. They don't make films like this anymore. Burt Reynolds can act aside from action films. He is totally a different character here.
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