It's My Turn

Director: Claudia Weill Claudia Weill

Overview

Claudia Weill's second feature is a romantic look at the humorous and tragic sides of love, starring Jill Clayburgh as Kate Gunzinger, a mathematics professor who lives with perpetually sunny architect Homer (Charles Grodin) in Chicago. But during a trip to New York City, Kate becomes romantically involved with handsome hunk Ben Lewin (Michael Douglas), a recently retired professional baseball player who is trying to adjust to a life outside of professional sports. The son of her father's fiancee, Ben, in spite of uncertainties about his future, actively pursues Kate, and Kate, much to her surprise, willingly permits Ben to make his amorous approaches.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/03/2012
UPC:	0043396399372
Original Release:	1980
Rating:	R
Source:	SONY
Language:	English
Sales rank:	42,691

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jill Clayburgh	Kate Gunzinger
Michael Douglas	Ben Lewin
Charles Grodin	Homer
Beverly Garland	Emma
Steven Hill	Jacob
Teresa Baxter	Maryanne
Joan Copeland	Rita
John Gabriel	Hunter
Charles Kimbrough	Jerome
Roger Robinson	Flicker
Jennifer Salt	Maisie
Daniel Stern	Cooperman
Jane Jenkins	Actor
Dianne Wiest	Gail
Robert Ackerman	Good Will Man
Ronald C. Frazier	Professor
Ralph Mauro	Jerry Lanz Man
Noah Hathaway	Homer's Son
Marlyn Gates	Homer's Daughter
Michael Alaimo	Man at Restaurant
Raymond Singer	Rabbi
Ernie Brown	Man at Restaurant
Ron Frazier	Professor
Edwin McDonough	Professor
Toshi Toda	Professor
David H. Goodman	Man in Baseball Stands
James Desmond	Man in Baseball Stands
Joe Collins	Himself
Bob Feller	Himself
Whitey Ford	Himself
Mickey Mantle	Himself
Roger Maris	Himself
Bud Harrelson	Himself

Technical Credits

Eleanor Bergstein

Jay Presson Allen	Executive Producer
Martin Elfand	Producer
Claudia Weill	Director
Eleanor Bergstein	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

The law of diminishing returns had set in by the time Jill Clayburgh starred in It's My Turn, a film that seems to be a descendant of her earlier (and much better) An Unmarried Woman and Starting Over. None of these films were actually sequels, but Clayburgh's presence -- and the fact that her character in each one seemed to be a stand-in for the "modern woman" of the time -- makes them feel like part of a trilogy. The difference is that the two earlier films were subtler in their approach; there was a social commentary at the core of each film, but it was couched in an involving story with interesting characters. In Turn, the commentary seems to have been grafted onto a fairly traditional romance with characters that are fairly shallow; we've seen them all before, even if their words and phrases may have been slightly different. As a result, Turn feels a bit clichéd and manipulative, and modern audiences will also find it amusingly dated. Still, the creators have approached the work with adequate skill; the result is not great drama, but it's an enjoyable, plastic little romance, complete with the required big scene for the star to show her acting chops.

All Movie Guide - Craig Butler