Rotten
If The Four Seasons was never a play, it should have been, since it's based on the most stagey, dialog-bound original screenplay in memory.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Four Seasons
Here's to our friends... and the strength to put up with them.
1981 · 1h 47m · PG
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Alan Alda
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The Four Seasons
Overview
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
Director and cast
- Alan Alda Director
- Alan Alda as Jack Burroughs
- Carol Burnett as Kate Burroughs
- Len Cariou as Nick Callan
- Sandy Dennis as Anne Callan
- Rita Moreno as Claudia Zimmer
- Jack Weston as Danny Zimmer
- Bess Armstrong as Ginny Newley (Callan)
- Elizabeth Alda as Beth Burroughs
- Beatrice Alda as Lisa Callan
- Robert Hitt as Room Clerk
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The Four Seasons is a fond, generous movie about characters who might have easily lent themselves to satire.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Amusing and worth a look.
Time Out
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