there be not much of a plot to this movie . there be a wealthy baseball team owner who die and whose wife be go to sue the hospital for neglience . not much more than that and but . it do not matter . it do not matter because you have some real actor give their dialogue life and and because of the cast you have yourself some hysterically funny scene and even if youre not crack up laugh and you have a smile on your face . matthau play charley and whose wife recently pass away and and who find himself the object of desire of several woman at the hospital . he be delight to taste everything on the menu available to him . then he meet anne atkinson ( glenda jackson ) who and at first and be a patient in the hospital ( their first scene together be very funny ) and then they meet up again on a television panel discussion show and where they disagree on nearly every topic that be discuss . charley begin to like anne and and vice versa and except that she be very big on monogamy in the men in her life ( her husband be a cheater ) and they decide to give it a shot two week of faithfulness . i will not give away anything else and but i want to mention the chemistry that matthau and jackson have on screen . she be usually not the first person anyone would think of for a romantic and middle age comedy and but her touch with comedy be very light and agreeable . she be match every step of the way by matthau and who be more charm than ever . he do not have to play mr. sensitive or mr. macho to get the girl and he just have to be himself . art carney be a riot all by himself a a practically senile doctor . the scene where the baseball team owner ash be bury at home plate be priceless . he also have a very funny scene in a parking lot with richard benjamin . richard do not have much to do in this movie and more often than not be just the straight man to carney and matthau while the role do not tax his considerable talent and but he have to have have a good time make this comedy . very much recommend . positive p . fyi matthau present jackson with her first best actress oscar and and jackson present best actor to art carney for his role in harry and tonto .