The Four Seasons [Blu-ray]

Director: Alan Alda, Princess Filmz Alan Alda

Overview

The Four Seasons follows the trials and tribulations of a group of middle-aged friends during a 12-month period. Alan Alda (who also directed) and Carol Burnett play a married couple who consider themselves paragons of sensitivity and sensibility. Alda and Burnett are the instigators of a series of vacations (from New England to the Virgin Islands), which they take in the company of two other couples: Jack Weston and Rita Moreno, and Len Cariou and Sandy Dennis. Everyone's interrelationships are put to the test when Cariou and Dennis divorce, and Cariou subsequently marries the much-younger Bess Armstrong. Not too surprisingly, the comings and goings of The Four Seasons are underscored by the music of Antonio Vivaldi.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/14/2021
UPC:	0738329256999
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	PG
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00
Sales rank:	21,290

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Alan Alda	Actor,Actor,Actor
Carol Burnett	Actor
Len Cariou	Actor
Sandy Dennis	Actor
Rita Moreno	Actor
Jack Weston	Actor
Bess Armstrong	Actor
Robert Hitt	Actor
Kristi McCarthy	Actor
David Stackpole	Actor
Taraji P. Henson	Actor
Gladys Knight	Actor
LeToya Luckett	Actor
Gary Craig	Actor
Rasheda Crockett	Actor
Geraldine Dulex	Actor
Elan Even	Actor
Elizabeth Ho	Actor
Shannon Kane	Actor
Method Man	Actor
Demi Mills	Actor
Richard Portnow	Actor
Tobias Truvillion	Actor

Technical Credits

Alan Alda

Sharon Brathwaite

Peres Owino

Alan Alda	Director,Screenwriter
Martin Bregman	Producer
Louis A. Stroller	Executive Producer
Princess Filmz	Director
Sharon Brathwaite	Screenwriter
Yaron Schwartzman	Producer
Peres Owino	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

A surprising commercial success when originally released, The Four Seasons was also given considerable critical acclaim. Years later, it's hard to understand why. Not that Seasons isn't a good film; it simply isn't an outstanding one. One of the truest examples of an ensemble film, its cast is uniformly strong and is the movie's biggest asset. Never as effective when starring on the big screen as they were when starring on television, Alan Alda and Carol Burnett turn in solid performances here, and there's a simple chemistry between them that is appealing. Rita Moreno and Jack Weston perform well in showier, audience-friendly parts, and Len Cariou's work is so good that one wonders why he has done so little in films. As usual, Sandy Dennis provokes differing reactions in people, but it's one of her least mannered performances. The main problem with the film lies with the script and direction, both of which are a bit too earnest and synthetic. The script doesn't dig deeply enough, settling too often for facile observations rather than real insights. As a director, Alda just isn't inventive enough; there's nothing really wrong with what he does, but nothing that impressive either. Still, the cast makes Seasons well worth catching.

All Movie Guide - Craig Butler