Well, I made it through to the end. I kept waiting for some affection or insight from these two dense people, or some real delight in (or consideration for) their child. But I was disappointed in that. He was particularly arrogant, unloving, ungrateful, opinionated and hardheaded. She was just shut down, inarticulate, unaffectionate, flat, not too into her child either ... all in all it was pretty depressing. I have to find out what became of them, maybe google.. The poor kid --- I'm not saying that parents can't argue and even get nasty in front of a child, but there should be come compensating warmth and explanation and inclusion and togetherness --- maybe that part was just left out... the time at the lake was kind of sweet, but their little kid was ignored. Hey, I'm divorced, so I'm no one to preach about how to do a marriage right. But still, we were never that hard-edged as these two. Maybe their parents were cold and critical, so that's the only pattern they knew. I did feel she deserved better than him --- he showed signs of being truly monstrous. A real anger problem and inability to compromise. His little "program" for reforming her was very fascist.

They're both so nasally-obnoxious and oy vey too Jewy for words. Couldn't take more than 10 minutes.

He's an arrogant, abusive prick. She's an immature, infuriating featherhead. Both have hair issues. Can this marriage survive? Should we care? I've seen all of the other Allan King films available on here, and thought this was the least of the bunch. I suppose it did what it set out to do admirably, which was to reveal the dynamics of a particular relationship, but I found it difficult to relate to either of the two people and by the end was rooting for them to just get away from each other, and from me too. Allan King, however, was a very admirable filmmaker, unobtrusively and simply getting to the heart of all the often difficult subjects he elected to film, whether it was dying, alzheimer's disease, marriage, growing up or emotionally disturbed young people.

during one of the endless arguments, lying motionless on the couch with his eyes open. like he's dead. During most of the time spent with this unattractive couple , I wanted to retreat just like the dog.I didn't like this film, not only because the couple is abrasive and ill-mannered, and spend their time baiting each other, but maybe because for me there's an extra layer of repugnance in people who grin while they're being hostile.But I didn't have to "like" it in order to consider it a good film. Whether you're thinking about the issues of power in society and in a marriage, or maybe even what it meant to live a decent life in 1969, you may marvel that the same issues are at hand, argued in the same way even today.I'll tell you one thing. You may well get annoyed and want to turn away, but you won't.

Have a bit of patience and settle in for this one. Maybe modern audiences want a bit more action but I thought it was amazing.