Sunday in New York (1963)

I love this movie so much

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

This is a very clever movie and one of the best of the sixties. The point of the movie is that it was a period piece...that was the whole idea. People knew the world was changing. Sorry no cell phones. So ignore the reviews that suggest that this is somehow a problem. It is a fun, definitely not serious movie.Jane Fonda in perhaps her best acting role and probably the same can be said for Rod Taylor. Cliff Robertson is very funny and he is maybe the best part of it. Robert Culp does a stand up job playing the poor guy who is bound to get dumped. You know it is going to happen, but you still play along.

Romantic comedies, new or old, when well-made, are always fun to watch. Philadelphia Story, What's Up Doc, Shakespeare in Love, Down With Love, About a Boy, Groundhog Day and many more are examples of movies that are worth watching over and over. I hadn't seen Sunday in New York in many years but found, after a recent viewing, that I rank this one pretty highly as well.It's 2008 now, which means this movie is 45 years old (and, interestingly, Fonda, Taylor, Robertson and Culp are all alive). Because most of the leads in Sunday in New York are played by familiar actors, this film offers a nice dose of curiosity as well. Each played their part memorably.I also think this would be worth consideration for a remake. We're having some fun speculating on who would be best to play each part.

Jane Fonda (she's Eileen) goes to New York on Sunday to visit her brother Cliff Robertson (he's Adam). She thinks he is a virgin! He thinks she is a virgin! You'll guess one of them is right. ANYWAY, Ms. Fonda doesn't know whether she wants to be a virgin, or not - so, she seems (I guess) to go out to pick-up a man - enter Rod Taylor (he's Mike). Things get even more zany! Mild, dated situation comedy. The message may be: Stay virginal and be rewarded by true love with the man you pick up? Fonda, Taylor, and Robertson are trying. The focus is on Fonda and Taylor, who really do a fine job with these roles. They are very professional, and do (and, are directed to do) nice bits of characterization. The material isn't awful, it's just not quite a movie for all-time. ***** Sunday in New York (11/13/63) Peter Tewksbury ~ Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor, Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp

Because "nobody wants a beginner", Jane Fonda is a 22-year-old girl who just can't get rid of her darned virginity. While visiting her airline pilot brother, Fonda brings back a man to the apartment and attempts to seduce him by letting her hair down and chugging a glass of scotch and water. Up to this point, "Sunday In New York", adapted by Norman Krasna from his own play, is a fairly frothy sex-comedy about the process of putting sex off. But when Fonda's hometown semi-boyfriend drops in unexpectedly (and without even knocking!), and Fonda has to juggle everyone's identities, the picture becomes a labored, winking affair aimed at conservative audiences of the early '60s. ** from ****