When Your Lover Leaves

Not-bad comedy-drama from a book by Susan Trott (and co-produced for television by Ron Howard and Henry Winkler) has recently-dumped Valerie Perrine trying to get on with her life, becoming involved with both a policeman (Ed O'Neill) and a kinky young lothario (Merritt Butrick, who gets himself warmed up by sneaking into Perrine's window at night). Valerie's consistent exasperation over her situation is good for a few laughs, and her cynicism and sass are appealing qualities. The movie doesn't particularly look good, with muddy photography and cramped settings, but the central idea--a modern woman facing unwanted independence--should be relatable subject matter for many viewers, and that's pulled off quite nicely here. Perrine is very attractive (as always) and O'Neill, years before his hit TV show "Married With Children", is handsome and charming as well.

I disagree with IMDB, this is not a comedy....I bought the video because I am a huge Dwight Schultz fan, and he is the only saving grace of this badly written, badly acted film. Valerie Perrine's character is supposed to be the sympathetic heroine, but i HAD NOTHING BUT CONTEMPT for her childish behavior, and the way she treated Richard Reese (Schultz) was inexcusable...a review I read said that he was a crazy guy she was forced to go out on a blind date with, but I found that not to be the case...SHE WAS THE CRAZY ONE! The only interesting thing about watching this is seeing Dwight Schultz and Ed ONeill ( Al Bundy, the folk-hero of "MARRIED WITH CHILDREN"), LOOKING SOOOOOOO YOUNG AND ADORABLE ! !

Readers, I wish to tell you that the heroine in this movie certainly got dumped but hell she was a trooper staying as long as she did. Yes, in fact she was very childish, but she was hurt, confused, and mentally torn down. Let's do a truthful examination on the "Boyfriend" in this movie..He made a commitment, he was very abusive mentally, physically, and so on, but she stood by him..I applaud her for her efforts in trying to deal with all that and still tried to make it work out. Sometimes when you catch in the middle of a flick and don't read between the lines you will find you "ASSUME" and then my friend you make an ASS out of U and ME!!I hope she is still surviving the after cost!!! Soul is hurt