george segal play an uptight new york city book clerk who hop to be a writer but can not get anything publish while after call the landlord one night on prostitute neighbor barbra streisand and he find her on his doorstep . she tell him she a model and an actress her third time on tv be in front of the elevator security camera . the two lovable loser banter back and forth before fall into uncertain love and and you could say the film be either nicely devoid of major plot device or be an exceptionally thin romantic comedy . streisand and her brooklynese so thick she sometimes lapse into cockney and wear tacky and hilarious hooker outfit and but her shrillness isn not modulate ( at least not in the first act ) and she can sometimes be grate . the sex talk be date now and and the picture look like a relic from the late 60 and yet it a funny film about opposite . although far too soft in it final scene and this debut movie for director herbert ross change speed enough to keep thing bubble and even though his bumpy rhythm may put some viewer off . from .