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Hasn’t held up to age well (and it sure ain’t shot well), but perhaps that works in its favor. It is so much of its time that it almost works as a study aide for the “counter-culture mindset” — and you can interpret that any way you like. The film asks that you come to it with an understanding of this mindset, and if you’ve no experience there you will be left in the dust a few times. On the surface, though, some very amusing moments (there aren’t really any jokes — well, one or two.) I still think the football sequence goes on way to long, even if it is a metaphor. And I can’t tell if the movie simply depicts sexism, or is in fact sexist itself. I’d like to think it is the former, but I suspect it is actually the latter. Did you know Bud Cort was in this movie? I must not have seen this for quite some time.