Synopsis
A successful young Los Angeles doctor and his equally successful television producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn asunder when the husband suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men. Zach and Claire live a comfortable life, secure in their love for one another when Bart, a swinging Los Angeles novelist, walks into Zach's office for a medical check-up and awakens unfamiliar feelings in him. In a move which leaves him feeling wracked with guilt, Zach cancels dinner with Claire in order to go out on a dinner date with Bart. He is inexplicably drawn to this man, who seems intent on keeping him at arm's length. Why can Bart not allow their relationship to grow? he wonders. Exasperated, he asks Bart, "Do you snore? Does anybody ever get a chance to find out?" As Zach's absences become more and more frequent, Claire's concern manifests itself in the suspicion that he is having an affair with another woman. Finally jilted by Bart and feeling alone for the first time in his married life, Zach resolves to tell Claire the truth about himself. Predictably, Claire is shocked that she could have known so little about the man that she has loved for so many years and accuses him of deceiving her from the very start.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
31.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
45.9%
Critic Consensus
57.9% Fresh • 19 critic reviews
Critic reception is mixed, with 58% of 19 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize emotional, lighthearted, romantic. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.
emotionallightheartedromanticcharacter-drivenvisually strikingthought-provoking
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| Michael Ontkean | 1982 | $1,006,000 | $3,272,000 | (est) |
| Kate Jackson | 1982 | $620,000 | $2,014,000 | (est) |
| Harry Hamlin | 1982 | $466,000 | $1,516,000 | (est) |
| Wendy Hiller | 1982 | $381,000 | $1,240,000 | (est) |
| Arthur Hill | 1982 | $326,000 | $1,060,000 | (est) |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score56.0
RT critic review count25
Rotten Tomatoes audience score58.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating6.9
IMDb votes3,128
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 1982 | $11,897,978 | $38,677,676 |
| International | 1982 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 1982 | $11,897,978 | $38,677,676 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 1982 | $5,948,989 | $19,338,838 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 1982 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 1982 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 1982 | $3,106,000 | $10,096,914 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 1982 | $2,458,000 | $7,990,410 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 1982 | $2,855,515 | $9,282,642 |
| Total Revenues | 1982 | $14,368,504 | $46,708,805 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 1982 | $14,000,000 | $45,510,881 |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? source | 1982 | $5,500,000 | $17,879,275 |
| Participations | 1982 | $287,000 | $932,973 |
| Residuals ? | 1982 | $540,000 | $1,755,420 |
| Interest & Overhead | 1982 | $2,800,000 | $9,102,176 |
| Total Expenses | 1982 | $23,127,000 | $75,180,725 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 1982 | $-8,758,496 | $-28,471,920 |
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|---|
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 | Call Me by Your Name | 2017 | Shared genres: 4 | 90.0 | $30,149,742 |
 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | 2019 | Shared genres: 4 | 85.7 | $7,881,494 |
 | Carol | 2015 | Shared genres: 4 | 85.4 | $11,125,761 |
Tooltips
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $2,458,000, DVD $0, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- The 25 Jan 1982 DV stated that Fox spent $5.5 million on print and advertising campaigns in women's magazines and national homosexual publications, including a 21 Jan 1982 issue of The Advisor.
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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