The Way We Were
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.
Critics Sentiment
Katie and Hubbell share tender final goodbye outside Plaza Hotel
Hubbell has affair with former college girlfriend while Katie is pregnant
The dramatic drop from their romantic peak in early New York to Hubbell's betrayal during Katie's pregnancy represents the film's most devastating emotional shift.
The film follows a classic romantic arc that builds to genuine emotional heights during the couple's courtship and early marriage, then steadily declines as political and personal incompatibilities drive them apart. While the middle political sections received mixed reactions for melodramatic plotting, the universally acclaimed ending redeems the entire journey with what critics called one of cinema's most moving farewells.
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Barbra Streisand
Katie Morosky
Robert Redford
Hubbell Gardner
Bradford Dillman
J.J.
Lois Chiles
Carol Ann
Patrick O'Neal
George Bissinger
Viveca Lindfors
Paula Reisner
Allyn Ann McLerie
Rhea Edwards
Murray Hamilton
Brooks Carpenter
Herb Edelman
Bill Verso
Diana Ewing
Vicki Bissinger
Sally Kirkland
Pony Dunbar
Marcia Mae Jones
Peggy Vanderbilt
Don Keefer
Actor
George Gaynes
El Morocco Captain
Eric Boles
Army Corporal
Barbara Peterson
Ashe Blonde
Roy Jenson
Army Captain
Brendan Kelly
Rally Speaker
James Woods
Frankie McVeigh
Constance Forslund
Jenny
Crew
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