The Way We Were Reviews

(OK) Romantic saga, most for the theme scope (college, politica, war, media, Hollywood, maccarthism) than time and secondary characters. Delicate, sincere, unsolved...

Even though my wife is very fond of Barbra Streisand, personally, I never really cared for her but I thought I still should check this movie anyway. Eventually, I thought it was not bad at all. Indeed, it is basically a rather odd romantic-comedy with some political undercurrent but, somehow, it worked out actually pretty well. The movie does follow the standard rom-com formula : two charming people from a different background are constantly bickering but they are still drawn to one and another. Some that was pretty basic but the difference is that both characters were actually quite interesting and well played by Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand. So, the whole thing is never really serious but it is never really too fluffy either. Of course, with a director like Sydney Pollack, the directing was pretty solid and the whole thing was quite entertaning, albeit a little bit forgettable. Redford and Pollack would make 7 movies together (this was the 3rd one) and even though it might not be their best or most succesfull feature, I still think it is a decent romantic feature. To conlude, even though this movie is nowadays pretty much forgotten, it is actually pretty good and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.