What a waste of my time!!!

One of the best films i have seen

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

For a synopsis of the plot, read one of the many other reviews. The reason I loved this movie when I saw it (stuck on a tarmac in a stifling plane in Hawaii for two hours) is that I also have a lame leg, from polio, and had to wear a walking cast for an injury at one time (one ofmany injuries, actually). It was the only time I felt I could walk normally, since one of my legs is two inches shorter than the other, weak and partially paralyzed. I loved that when the heroine had an acceptable reason to limp - the ski injury with cast on the leg - she was an equal. I have often felt that in relationships it has been hard for men to judge me on my inner merit because I am lame. It is one thing to love a lame person, but another to commit a lifetime with her. Or him. I have been married and deeply in love for two decades, but there were a lot of years of difficulty prior to that when I took up with men I should not have, just to be in a relationship. When I saw this movie, I could SO relate to the character's having a chance to be seen as a normal person.

Great one-liners in this timeless romantic comedy of a girl destined to wear a metal brace her entire life, which has caused her to feel "different" from other girls. But she comes to have an ingenious idea to change her destiny and possibly, just possibly find romance and maybe even love. For the first time in her life she experiences life in it's splendor, ups, downs, fears that she faces, but all in all, experiences things she never thought were possible. This film always puts a smile on my face. I've searched and searched for it on DVD, but no luck yet. Hopefully, it will be made or has already been made in DVD format. I highly recommend it.

Kristy McNichol gives a good if uneven performance as a crippled flautist--working her way through a series of romantic losers here at home--who travels to a French ski-resort and gets a bright idea: she replaces her cumbersome leg-brace with a cast and finds guys wanting her sexually for the first time. Bumpy romantic comedy begins well, but is really two different pictures, with Kristy's musician going from shyly seductive girl to mercurial, exasperating kid. There are some savvy moments, but mostly in the quietly charming first hour. Once in France, where McNichol hooks up with incredibly patient photographer Michael Ontkean, the filmmakers get too silly, replacing the satiric wit with cheap, blurry sentiment and a pointless discotheque sequence that goes on...and on. **1/2 from ****

I enjoyed the movie's theme, and in particular the music selections in this production. In-fact, I wish I could find a VHS copy of the movie. Christie played an excellent role. The production settings were interesting and well suited to the overall theme of the movie. There should be more movies of this excellent format. Christie's part reflected the emotion and human failings that all people tend to encounter at one time or another during their lifetime. The fact that most of the other actors were relatively unknowns (for the most part), I found this helped to focus on the main theme of the movie and the lead role (Christie).