Review

Dreyfuss and Davis are well-cast as a bickering, middle-aged couple attempting to divorce. In an "only in the movies" kind of plot contrivance, the two have to drive cross-country to their son’s wedding together, stopping along the way to visit family members and old friends . . . for better or worse. Director Mazursky, who knows a thing or two about portraying complex relationships on-screen, is on familiar ground here, delivering a character driven comedy-drama that somehow manages to move slightly beyond the constraints of the fairly conventional plot, even if the overall tone is a sometimes uneven mix of realism and situation comedy.

 -- David Greenberg