All Night Long (1981)

Facing a mid-life crisis, a successful executive (Gene Hackman) is demoted to managing a seedy all night drugstore after losing his temper at the head office. He begins an affair with the ditzy wife (Barbra Streisand) of a relative (Kevin Dobson), who's already had an affair with his son (Dennis Quaid). Directed by Jean Claude Tramont, the film was a huge flop (and deservedly so) although it received some good reviews. Reputedly, Streisand fired her agent (who was married to the film's director) for talking her into taking the role after the movie tanked. In a nutshell, the movie's a stinker! When mega talents like Hackman and Streisand can't make a movie watchable, you know it's in trouble. As the dingy blonde, Streisand is horribly miscast in a role that screams out for a Goldie Hawn (though even she wouldn't have been able to save the movie). Hackman can do comedy (think YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN), just not this kind of comedy which was George Segal's specialty. It's a comedy but I couldn't even crack a smile. With Annie Girardot, Diane Ladd, William Daniels, Vernee Watson and Ann Doran.