
A study of a relationship that starts quickly, burns bright, and then gets rocky, not from any one thing, but from an accumulation of civilization and its discontents. Stuart is glib and generous, Nicole is shy and forthright. He doesn't like her best friend; she tires of his brother's antics. She wants children sooner. He's a poor listener, she broods. Both have divorced parents, and their families complicate their lives. Is love enough to see them through?... (Full plot summary below)
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A study of a relationship that starts quickly, burns bright, and then gets rocky, not from any one thing, but from an accumulation of civilization and its discontents. Stuart is glib and generous, Nicole is shy and forthright. He doesn't like her best friend; she tires of his brother's antics. She wants children sooner. He's a poor listener, she broods. Both have divorced parents, and their families complicate their lives. Is love enough to see them through?
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| Seattle TimesTom KeoghThis is the kind of introspective drama in which a determined pair of young, very fine actors and a strong filmmaker put everything on the line to explore emotional truth wherever it exists. |
| Kaplan vs. KaplanJeanne KaplanBoth Nicholson and Kirk are terrific actors, but the script limits them and their performances. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenHas witty dialogue in a talky film that feminists will not like: it blames primarily the woman for the breakup of a marriage. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesA romantic comedy, it's heavy on the romance but light on the comedy, as it is more interested in being a character study of real relationships than it is in tickling our funny bones. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel GillespieFlannel Pajamas is a sharply observed dissection of a couple's relationship, from blind date to marriage to difficulties over everything from whether to get a dog to when to have a baby. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA well-acted and thought-provoking anatomy of love and marriage that includes many universal challenges and obstacles. |
| eFilmCritic.comCollin SouterLipsky's screenplay clearly comes from a real place, one of experience and true heartbreak. |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayThe two main characters are so shallow and self-involved -- not to mention the friends, family members and sundry apparatchiks they lug around with them -- that the two hours of Flannel Pajamas begin to feel like real time. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleCuriously, the film seems to have no discernible point, and yet -- this is practically unique -- the absence of a point becomes, in itself, a form of narrative interest. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel CaterFlannel Pajamas is a sharply observed dissection of a couple's relationship, from blind date to marriage to difficulties over everything from whether to get a dog to when to have a baby. |