If you've seen musical comedies from the 30's then this will be a masterwork, with careful choreography, great tunes, a classic story of misunderstandings, and all of the trappings you'd expect. Everyone is playing a classic actor role, doing Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, William Powell, etc. I can see why people didn't like it in the 70's, it was just too dated. But for a film buff, it's an amazing piece of work that only someone totally versed in the genre could pull off. This is due for a rediscovery.

Peter Bogdanovitch is obviously in love stars and being among them - the starrier, the better.After a while, some of his films like this one seem to feel like "us" (the stars) vs "them", (the unanointed audience). He seems to have assembled a sure-fire formula for success - the glitziest supported by a Cole Porter score. The problem, of course, is that the singers can't sing or dance at all. What in the world was in the mind of the director. He was star-struck - that much is completely obvious - but it ended up that the stars were stuck. So was the audience.Curtis Stotlar

Glue footed travesty that makes a mockery of the very films it sets out to honor. Bogdanovich has seemingly no understanding of the genre and even if the cast were better the film would still be deeply flawed. A very few performers acquit themselves without shame, unsurprisingly they are old pros Mildred Natwick, John Hillerman and too a lesser extent Eileen Brennan. Madeleine Kahn tries her best and isn't terrible but the songs aren't suited to her unique brand of talent and the direction does her no favors. Duilio Del Prete is a nonentity who makes no impression. That leaves the leads who are awful both separately and together. Reynolds at least seems to be giving it the old college try the problem being that he can neither sing nor dance and shares zero chemistry with Cybill Shepherd. Early in her career here she is hopelessly out of her depth, in time she was able to perform a song with at least a little finesse, not here. She also dances with no grace whatsoever and is stiff in her scenes, the movie stops dead whenever she is on screen. A mess!

I saw this movie out of pure curiosity, and to be truthfully honest, with the exception of Burt Reynolds, all the main characters in this movie musical including Cybil Sheppard, could actually carry a tune. This movie is not as bad as it is/or was made out to be. How can you go wrong with such a great group of professionally trained singers/actors such as the late great Madeline Khan, the wickedly funny Eileen Brennan, & a powerful baritone in Dulio Del Prete. Granted the film was a little uneven, but that's not the fault of the actors. The live singing by the above mentioned players was rather well handled, but again the only flaw I could recognize was in Burt Reynolds, whom simply could not sing, dance and was only mildly funny. Ms. Sheppard was denounced for really being just beautiful, plain and simple. It did not help matters that she was the love interest of Peter Bogdonovich, to which Hollwood insiders became rude-fully jealous, then hateful. Look at what was occurring back in 1975 (in films, porn, & music), this film did not stand a chance, and now 33 years later, in retrospect, a more rational re-valuation can be made of this cinematic misstep. I have a VHS copy of AT Long Last Love that I recorded off of cable in SP mode, and this movie is visually stunning to observe, what with the production values, sets and of course the beautiful presence of Ms. Sheppard. Everything else included, just sweetened the pot! I would like to see this movie released on DVD - Widescreen - Directors Cut in limited edition. There is a lot of interest out there in ALSL. Believe me I've seen much worst filming making from the A list that is out on DVD & even Blue Ray today. I also have a DVD copy of the Great Gatsby in Widescreen starring Robert Redford & Mia Farrow, it too was not well received by the critics back then but it was not a box office failure, it is just simply a wonder to behold because of the production values and the presence of it's stars.