From All Movie Guide: At the peak of his television-spawned popularity, Alan Alda was somewhat of a lower-level auteur, writing, directing, and starring in a series of films which maintained a low-key "grown-up" counterpoint to the increasing youth culture saturation of the movies. These films, exemplified by The Four Seasons, focused seriously on issues like divorce, mid-life crises, and fidelity. Ostensibly a comedy, humor in the form of one-liners is more subdued in favor of situations, which does not really serve the film too well. For example, a brilliant comedienne such as Carol Burnett is more or less relegated to the background as a sounding board for Alda's foibles, although she does prove herself a very talented "straight" actress. Likewise, Len Cariou displays a fine sense of character as a man who looks for love in a younger woman and struggles to reconcile his new life with his old. The real comedy comes from the characters played by Rita Moreno and Jack Weston, who try to balance what can only...

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