The Four Seasons
1981 · Movie · 107 min · ★ 6.3 · 66% critics
Three affluent, middle-aged couples reunite for vacations across spring, summer, autumn, and winter. As the year unfolds, their easy traditions are tested by shifting relationships, family pressures, and midlife doubts, forcing the friends to reconsider what they owe each other and themselves.
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Details
- Years
- 1981
- Release date
- 1981-05-22
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (65 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like talky, character-driven stories about friendship and marriage under strain, with humor mixed into real-life discomfort; Not for you if you want fast plot or low conflict, like in Modern Romance.
Pros: sharp banter; strong cast chemistry; relatable relationship tensions | Cons: slow character growth; repetitive dialogue; predictable plot turns
Themes
- vacation
- divorce
Cast & crew
Alan Alda
as Jack Burroughs
Carol Burnett
as Kate Burroughs
Len Cariou
as Nick Callan
Sandy Dennis
as Anne Callan
Rita Moreno
as Claudia Zimmer
Jack Weston
as Danny Zimmer
Bess Armstrong
as Ginny Newley (Callan)
- EA
Elizabeth Alda
as Beth Burroughs
Beatrice Alda
as Lisa Callan
- RH
Robert Hitt
as Room Clerk
Directed by Alan Alda