One of the best and funniest

Rating: 8/10 (5 March 2001)

Granted there weren't any big ambitions for this film when it came out so you'll often see the scars of a low budget, various scences rushed due to time constraints, and the plot will often seem illogical and hurried. Nonetheless, this is one of the best and funniest movies I've seen.
Unlike should-be flop "Virginia Woolfe" every character puts effort into his or her role and literally becomes their assigned character (so much so it's easy to forget Hoffman is 30 an Bancroft is only 35.) What makes this feature of the cast more compelling is that it is made up almost entirely of second-choices. What the cast gives in acting, Nichols doubles in directing, catching the emotions of every seen from Ben's timidness and confusion on the first night of his affiar to the chaos that ensues when Elaine's wedding is hilariously interupted in a completely anti-Christian way.
It is best to watch this movie while your young as Ben will seem to alienate himself from you farther. It's often not on TV, so check it out from the video store some weekend.