Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be rude, the Hendersons play along, but some latent sexual tension among the four soon comes bubbling to the surface, and long-buried desires don't stay buried for long.
Critics Sentiment
Alice has therapy session discussing the couples' behavior
All four remove clothes and get into bed together
The film drops significantly from Alice's acclaimed psychiatrist scenes to the controversial bedroom sequence that many critics found unsatisfying
Critics consistently praised the film's early comedic moments, particularly Dyan Cannon's psychiatrist scenes and the verbal sparring between characters. However, sentiment declined toward the climactic bedroom sequence, which divided reviewers between those who saw it as a cop-out and those who appreciated its realistic restraint. The film recovered somewhat with its thoughtful Fellini-influenced ending.
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Natalie Wood
Carol Sanders
Robert Culp
Bob Sanders
Elliott Gould
Ted Henderson
Dyan Cannon
Alice Henderson
Horst Ebersberg
Horst
Lee Bergere
Emilio
Donald F. Muhich
Psychiatrist
Noble Lee Holderread Jr.
Sean Sanders
K.T. Stevens
Phyllis
Celeste Yarnall
Susan
Lynn Borden
Cutter
Linda Burton
Stewardess
Greg Mullavey
Group Leader
Andre Philippe
Oscar
Diane Berghoff
Myrna
John Halloran
Conrad
Susan Merin
Toby
Jeffrey Walker
Roger
Vicki Thal
Jane
Joyce Easton
Wendy
Crew
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