Dominic LeRose "A Touch of Class" is one of those 70's B movies that have some enjoyable times and times that make you want to pull your hair out. It's a film that shows that people who cheat on their current lovers aren't just doing it for pleasure but that there are some who actually end up falling in love and have some class with the affair. George Segal plays Steve Blackburn, a wealthy business and family man who meets a mysterious and provocative divorced woman name Vickie Allessio (Glenda Jackson) at a park. Steve visits Vickie at work and convinces her to depart with him to Spain for a romantic love affair. Many things go wrong in the process, such as incidents at the resort, Steve's best friend following him and coming close to finding out the big secret and continuous arguing between the two New Yorkers. The idea of this film is very clever and fun, it's just it gets a little carried away with the whole 'keep it a secret' idea. The lengths and measures Steve and Vickie go through are absolutely ridiculous and the two don't share a strong enough chemistry for us to feel for their relationship. The relationship just drags and drags and becomes repetitive and feels like the same scene you just saw 15 minutes ago. And for those who somehow enjoyed their relationship, you'll be disappointed in the mislead ending the film concludes. There was just too much of the same thing between Vickie and Steve! The two lovebirds fight and argue and try and keep their affair a secret for two long. Glenda Jackson is very irritating and has an accent that sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. George Segal is actually very funny and Paul Sorvino is a fun friend of his. The film has a decent plot and some very funny moments at times even though Glenda Jackson ruins them and the third or fifth tie the same thing happens it becomes unfunny. The final third of this film is very poor but I must admit the middle of this film was very fun to watch due to the plot being new at the time and the characters still being developed. The opening is weak and the end section is artless, poorly written and a repeat of what we have seen earlier just out of Spain. Melvin Frank the writer and director wanted to make a romantic comedy about a love affair that turned into love and how the two went through extraordinary times to fulfill their love. Instead he got a rom-com that ended on a bad twist and a continuous disaster between a poorly-matched couple who shared some humor at times.

Lee Eisenberg They probably made "A Touch of Class" thinking that it was an old-style romantic comedy, reworked for the '70s. Well, it is one DATED movie, containing a lot of pre-feminist material. There are some funny scenes (especially the whole sequence in Spain), but otherwise the movie comes across as old school. Glenda Jackson - who has been a member of Parliament since 1992 - is particularly good as the liberated businesswoman. Even so, don't make this your first choice. Melvin Frank did much better with "Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell".PS: Nadim Sawalha, who plays the Spanish hotel manager, is the father of Julia Sawalha, who voiced Ginger in "Chicken Run". He also played the emir in "Syriana".

waltcosmos I saw this movie when I was twenty-three years old. Paul Sorvino's line or question never really made any sense to me. He asked Steve (George Segal) if he loved her (Vicky, Glenda Jackson) enough to give her up. What kind of a nonsensical question is that? Vicky had nothing to lose with Steve choosing her. She would only lose if he DIDN'T choose her. So what does she get when Steve blows her off? Exactly what she already had. Suppose however that Sorvino had asked Vicky that question. THEN it would have made sense. Because Vicky would have been making a choice between having NOTHING or having Steve at the price of destroying a happy marriage. Vicky would have actually SACRIFICED something, her own "happiness" for Steve. But Steve wouldn't have the same sacrifice presented to him. His choice was simply, THIS woman, whom you love, or THAT woman, whom you also love. BFD! 2 years later, I found myself in such a situation (from the Vicky perspective), in circumstances so unique, I might as well have been in another galaxy. And I made the wrong choice. I destroyed a relationship and as for myself, I wound up with nothing anyway.

michelerealini The main interest of the film is the presence of two wonderful actors, Glenda Jackson and George Segal. They support the movie from the beginning with very good acted dialogues and a lot of humor. "A touch of class" works very well for the first part -the way the two meet in London and their funny holiday in Spain-. After that the film becomes less interesting, many scenes become quite boring. It seems that director Melvin Frank put all his energy in showing how this two people learn to accept and to love each other... Even if the movie doesn't end in a conventional way, it begins to lack speed in the second half.It's a pity, because it could have been a classic.