It's funny/depressing in a way that this film's matter of fact acceptance of fluid sexuality remains so cutting edge. There's a lot more representation of gay men, but still not a lot of bisexual men.
This is a loving, empathetic depiction of a week in the lives of three people in a triangle - Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch, and the lover they share, Murray Head. Everyone is Down With It, which doesn't mean it's hard.
Finch is breathtakingly good. So is Jackson. Head isn't very good - it's not his character, it's the actor, and I presume was a case of director John Schlesinger having a crush.
I wouldn't have minded a bit more story and/or emotion. The most moving bit involves a dog being run over (I bet this hurt it at the box office as much as the depiction of sexuality). It's clearly a very good film though. Jon Finch is good in a splashy little support role that presumably gave people the false impression he was a potential star.
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