Jennifer on My Mind

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 ****

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 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.

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!

Upper class Jew Michael Brandon meets upper class WASP Tippy Walker while both are touring Venice in this sloppy, sentimental movie written by Eric Segal.

Segal is, of course, remembered for writing LOVE STORY, the story about the problems of being rich and in love at Yale; it was turned into a movie that was the TITANIC of the era. I was not impressed by its rich kitsch schmaltz, but it had Arthur Hiller directing, and Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw in the leads, and Ray Milland in a supporting role, so at least the studio spent the money for a first class production. In this one, although parts of it are shot in Venice - the one in Italy - the cinematography by Peter Laszlo never bothers to show us any vistas.

Kim Hunter was cut out of the final print, lest it be too arty. At least you have Barry Bostwick in his screen debut as 'Nanki'.