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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302797459
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302797454
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: June 13, 2000
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 17696
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1980
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Amazon.com:
Two events force Kate (Jill Clayburgh) to confront the dissatisfactions of her life: her father's impending wedding and a job offer that would take her from Chicago to New York. Her relationship with Homer (Charles Grodin) is pleasant but shallow. When she meets Ben (Michael Douglas) at the wedding's rehearsal dinner--he's her future stepbrother--there's an immediate spark. They flirt on the way home, finding themselves in an arcade where they both prove to be intensely competitive. Their first encounter gets a little prickly, but soon they find their relationship taking a deeper and more complicated turn. It's My Turn would never be made now; too many scenes of people talking, too many unresolved questions. But the movie's attention to the details of human interaction, particularly the negotiations around a sexual encounter, make it richly rewarding. Douglas gives a strong performance and Clayburgh is superb; it's delightful to rediscover how smart and sexy she could be. There's a general impression that dozens of women-centered movies were made in the late 1970s, but in fact movies that explore life from a woman's point of view are rare. More impressive, though, It's My Turn was written and directed by women, and the male characters are as fully developed and multidimensional as the women. It's a small movie--it covers a weekend in Kate's life and no tumultuous decisions are made--but within that short span, a lot of life takes place. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A funny love story
Yes,this is a funny love story. Kate Gunzinger(Jill Clayburgh) is a mathematics professor who flies to New York for her father's wedding. The wedding was never seen. She meets and falls in love with her father's fiancee's son Ben Lewin(Michael Douglas),a retired baseball player(injury forced the retirement). Charles Grodin is Homer,Kate's roommate whom she shares an apartment with in Los Angeles. However,in one scene,Ben plays in an all-star game with various real-life MLB alumni(those as themselves). ... Read More
Rating:  - Good to laugh at... Soon to be a camp favorite!
The whole film, "It's my Turn", from beginning to end, is jive. Watching this film was a truly hateful experience.
Two words, Baby: Chick Flick! The characters portrayed in "It's My Turn" seem about as real as the two-dimensional cardboard likenesses of film stars that one might see in the lobby of a theatre.
The whole concept behind the movie is laughable. It's full of campy 70's feminist rhetoric, and about as deep as a soap opera about Barbie and Ken. Not much to think ... Read More
Rating: - Now.....It's my turn!
Wow.....I just can't believe what I'm about to say. I loved this movie! For twenty plus years I avoided it like the plague. The slurpy song, the femminist angle, it all seemed like a rehash of a dozen other "B" movies. WRONG WRONG WRONG! For starters Jill Clayburgh has never been more lovable in a very vulnerable way. She radiates and if I may say this.....her acting makes her appear to be even more attractive than she is. Her sensitivity made me fall in love her. You will too. Then there's Michael Douglas. ... Read More
Rating: - Surprisingly good
This is an engaging, thoughtful, funny film. Jill Clayburgh seems at ease with being ill-at-ease and it's fun to watch her struggle as the Michael Douglas character enters her life. Douglas, as usual, adds his own brand of male energy as the baseball star whose injuries have forced his retirement. Also, Charles Grodin is wonderful as the rejected lover.
Rating: - A very sweet film
Jill Clayburgh is this film. It has a wonderful clamness to it and you can sit down and really enjoy watching it. Michael Douglas is great as the love interest. Those who are Yankee fans will love the shots of Yankee Stadium.
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302797459
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302797454
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: June 13, 2000
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 17696
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1980