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A Strange Affair

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We watched a really good movie tonight titled A Strange Affair starring
Judith Light and Jay Thomas. It was a very powerful poly film based of
real events. Judith's character is that of a wife who is very unhappy in
her marriage to Jay Thomas's character because his is a gambler and a
philanderer. When he steals the money that she has set aside to start her
own business, that's the end for her and she leaves him. The night she
leaves, he has a stroke, her college-aged children get ahold of her and she
returns. She commits to caring for him. She takes her car in for repairs
and meets Art. A friendship develops between she and Art. The friendship turns to love.
Eventually the three setup housekeepping.

The above description makes it sound easy. It's not. The movie deals with
the conflicts of obligation, social stigma, and loving. It clearly shines
a light on the positive side of loving more than one, but also shows the
work and devotion it takes to enrich such relationships.

I was in tears by the end of the movie. I felt inspired by the characters,
even Jay Thomas's (difficult as he was a real scumbag in the beginning).
Personal growth occurred in them all. I strongly reccommend this made for
TV movie.

This is the most delightful movie. Truthful, fast-moving, while also taking the time to establish that time is passing. Things are not occuring in the light speed they use for relationships in hollywood.

I highly recommend this, though for families, you need to know that there is some sexual content, and a wee bit of language.

I would like to give this seller the highest of ratings. This was an excellent movies. It was every thing I expected it to be.

great movie of devotion on wife's part and her relationship with another man and his love for her. great strength.

I can't believe that this sub-par TV movie is available now on DVD!! When it was first aired, it was titled "A Husband, A Wife and a Lover." It is thoroughly outrageous, laughable and a supreme embarrassment to those actors who are in it. It is the story of a man who comes to live in the couple's household. The stranger is attracted to Judith Light's character, but of course she is married and will not lower herself to have an affair. Somewhere along the line she tosses aside any shred of morality she has and succumbs to their unspoken mutual "passion." Later on it is discovered that the husband has become terminally ill (which I suppose makes Light and her lover free to rationalize that their sweaty and lurid encounter was really "o.k."). They all come to terms with the "affair" and the husband unbelievably accepts the fact that his wife is sleeping with another man while they are all living under the same roof! They become a perverted "Three Musketeers" if you will. The whole scenario is extremely absurd. Toward the end of the movie, Judith Light and her lover border on abusive as they cheer on the ailing husband as he struggles to crawl to the mailbox! If it all weren't so outlandish, I would call an agency that defends the terminally ill from such exploitation. This movie gets absolutely no stars for quality, but gets five + stars for moronic dialogue and plot! For those of you who like to kick back and offer your own armchair sarcasm to underscore such made-for-TV schlock---this one is a real winner!

I can't believe that this sub-par TV movie is available now on DVD!! When it was first aired, it was titled "A Husband, A Wife and a Lover." It is thoroughly outrageous, laughable and a supreme embarrassment to those actors who are in it. It is the story of a man who comes to live in the couple's household. The stranger is attracted to Judith Light's character, but of course she is married and will not lower herself to have an affair. Somewhere along the line she tosses aside any shred of morality she has and succumbs to their unspoken mutual "passion." Later on it is discovered that the husband has become terminally ill (which I suppose makes Light and her lover free to rationalize that their sweaty and lurid encounter was really "o.k."). They all come to terms with the "affair" and the husband unbelievably accepts the fact that his wife is sleeping with another man while they are all living under the same roof! They become a perverted "Three Musketeers" if you will. The whole scenario is extremely absurd. Toward the end of the movie, Judith Light and her lover border on abusive as they cheer on the ailing husband as he struggles to crawl to the mailbox! If it all weren't so outlandish, I would call an agency that defends the terminally ill from such exploitation. This movie gets absolutely no stars for quality, but gets five + stars for moronic dialogue and a ridiculous plot! For those of you who like to kick back and offer your own armchair sarcasm to underscore such made-for-TV schlock---this one is a real winner!