New York Times by Bosley Crowther
Who would have thought that august Sweden would be sending us a film comedy as witty and cheerfully candid about the complexities of love as any recent French essay on l'amour?
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Sweden · 1955
1h 49m
Director Ingmar Bergman
Starring Gunnar Björnstrand, Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson
Genre Comedy, Romance
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A lawyer and his new young wife have still not consummated their marriage, while his son finds himself growing increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. When the lawyer's ex makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat, the four couples who gather there find themselves unexpectedly swapping partners.
New York Times by Bosley Crowther
Who would have thought that august Sweden would be sending us a film comedy as witty and cheerfully candid about the complexities of love as any recent French essay on l'amour?
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Pauline Kael called this a nearly perfect film. Having not seen it for most of a lifetime, I was startled by how quickly it beguiled me. There is an abundance of passion here, but none of it reckless; the characters consider the moral weight of their actions, and while not reluctant to misbehave, feel a need to explain, if only to themselves. Perhaps here, in an uncharacteristic comedy, Bergman is expressing the same need.
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