Review of Serial

Serial (1980)
6/10
Going through a mid life crisis....the funny way
5 January 2013
Never hearing of this one I can only imagine it came and left the theaters in a hurry back in it's day. I gave it a chance and well...I liked it.

A batch of married people all are going through a mid life crisis. One wants understanding. All the men complain about the lack of sex and all this combined with a 15 year old daughter joining a cult. Throw all that in and you better watch carefully cause they stuff a lot in in this little film.

I think it's straw-camel-back-breaker is the cast. Their all good actors but not good enough to carry a film or make it good. Tuesday Weld and Martin Mull do just fine as a couple who aren't happy but it's the craziness of the script that makes these actors not fit. There's just too much going on in this for anyone to take it all in. To take your mind off of it they thrown in a lot of bra-less females to divert your attention. And there are some beautiful ones to boot.

What it comes down to is couples go through this in their lives. Bored and want different things. When they get the different things, they always go back to what's comfortable...or...normal.

I personally liked this one. I have some "cons" about it but all in all...I liked it. It's just a crazy look at a series of mid life crisis'. Life is full of those.
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