this should be a great film . meryl streep and jack nicholson co star a two newspaper writer . mike nichols direct . uh uh . it dull dull dull . pointless and predictable . slow and unfocused . it a cookie cutter boy meet girl and boy marries girl and boy have affair and girl leaf boy story . now theres an original concept . after squirm through two hour ( be it only two . it felt like six . ) i wasn not sure whether it be a comedy and a romance and a tragedy or a soap opera . it be do in 1986. i be sure all of u do thing sixteen year ago that we rather would forget . i hope the damage to the reputation of streep et al be begin to heal and that the emulsion on the master be begin to fade . it not that it such a bad picture . it just that it such an un good one .