Ingrid is surprisingly fetching in a rare comedy role, although there are times when she seems just a bit too matronly for the part. Easy to see why she won that Supporting Actress Oscar. As the daffy girl who contemplates (in the beginning) committing suicide over her unhappy affair with Matthau, GOLDIE HAWN (fresh from her days as a star on TV's "Laugh In") does a dumb blonde role to perfection. There are plenty of one-liners or gags that are way above the usual situation comedy stuff one hears on TV-the lines ring true because they blend so well with the characters and their motives. It's a story played for laughs from beginning to end, good-humored stuff that never runs out of dry humor and wit throughout its running time. But here Ingrid really lets her hair down for some good comedy moments as the dental nurse pretending to be WALTER MATTHAU's wife so he can go on with the fib he's told GOLDIE HAWN. When I saw LAUREN BACALL do CACTUS FLOWER on Broadway, I never dreamed that one day I would see an actress like INGRID BERGMAN playing the Bacall role on screen.
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