Jennifer on My Mind

I love films from this period but could not enjoy this one. It was empty and bleak. There was no humor. There was no emotion. There was no tragedy or drama.

Jennifer is an empty child like figure, someone for the main character to have sex with basically. The main character is empty and meaningless. Nothing in this film is worth watching.

Erich Segal's screenwriting career never really took off after his big success with 1970's "Love Story" for reasons that might be neatly summed here: he's terribly fond of impulsive decisions that change lives forever, montages that substitute for substance, pretentious dialogue dotted with high-brow references ("She didn't even say goodbye. She was gone, like the mermaid Ondine"), and grown-up young people acting like children (which plays into the sudden impulse factor). Segal's adaptation of Roger L. Simon's novel "Heir", directed by Noel Black and starring Michael Brandon and Tippy Walker, begins with vintage photographs of immigrants arriving in America while Brandon tells us in voiceover about his family's money vis-à-vis his girlfriend's. Aside from the fact both kids are well-supported, it's like a "Love Story" redux. We even get another tragic death--this time by way of drugs (for that trendy touch). Brandon and Walker sight-see in Italy, leap with abandon into the Canal from a gondola, then separate; he tracks her down back in the US, following her into the swimming pool fully-clothed. The movie isn't even 30 minutes old and it's already reviving itself! Watch for a scruffy Robert De Niro (billed without a space in his surname) as a gypsy cab driver. * from ****

Apparently a commentary on the clash of backgrounds. addictive, extreme drug use in the 1970s. stars relative unknowns Michael Brandon and Tippy Walker. also has Robert DeNiro (the cab driver) , Peter Bonerz( the psychologist), and Jeff Conaway. Viewers will recognize Conaway from Taxi.. he died in 2011, but still has two films coming out in 2021. and ... this was the very first appearance for Barry Bostwick. (before rocky horror.) Marcus (Brandon) meets Jennifer (Walker) in venice, and they hit it off, running around the piazza san marcos and swimming in the canals. lots of "us against the establishment" talk. and when Marcus needs help with something, he blackmails his friend into helping. and a funny scene where Larry Dolci searches all the containers in his fridge for the hidden hash. story is so similar to Skidoo... the story itself is all over the place. a lot of darkness in here. also adventure. getting high. Jennie treats Marcus like crap and he wants her more than ever. because its a psychadelic 70s flim, we're not really sure just what's going on, but that's part of the ride. and a wild ride it is. Directed by Noel Black. he was nominated for best short film in 1966. Story by Roger Simon. whatever.

So overwritten and tryhard and lame. Some loser falls for an ugly Joni Mitchell/Sleestak looking chick for some reason and makes a fool out of himself for 2 hours. Even DeNiro can't save this trash as a crazy cabbie. Must've been written while on acid

I first saw this film in a theatre as a teenager and recalled it as perhaps the worst movie I'd ever seen. It was on TMC a few days ago, so I watched again to give it a second chance. I wanted to see if it WAS truly hideous or if it was just a teenage opinion that I'd outgrown. The movie is basically unwatchable, it is unbelievably atrocious! In some societies in might be termed cruel and unusual punishment! However, I do have to give credit to the cinematography, which was very interesting. That would've been something I would've never noticed as a teen. This movie should be viewed only with the sound off!