i be skim over the list of film of richard burton when i come to this title that i recall vividly from when i first saw it on cable in 1982. i remember dialogue from tatum oneal that be just amazingly bad . i remember richard burton character look so hopelessly lose and and then remember how his motivation do not translate to me . in short and i remember circle of two because it be so phenomenally awful . this movie come out at a time when america be go through a rather disturbing period of fascination with unhealthy or skewed angle on teenage sexuality . recall the blue lagoon ( and other brooke shield annoyance ) and lipstick and little darling and beau pere and other film that just seem to dwell on teen have sex and particularly with adult . a a teenager during this time and i find the obsession and combine with the sexual excess of the 70 and 80 and make for a subconsciously unsettling environment in which to figure it all out and so to speak . circle of two be not execrably act or needlessly prurient and like blue lagoon . in fact and it tackle the question of love between the young and the old in a brave and if totally fail and way . but honestly and it be one of those film you will never see if you do not see it on it first run because it be so truly awful . no one would want to have this garbage ever surface to be publicly distribute again .