Mia Farrow still had the Vidal Sassoon hairstyle from the Rosemary's Baby in this film production. She played Mary, a single New Yorker who lived in Turtle Bay section of New York City. She meets John played by Dustin Hoffman. They have one night together after meeting in a New York singles bar. When they wake up the next morning, they have a lot to learn about each other. Neither John nor Mary are baggage free. The New York City locations add to the film's scenic appeal. The performances from Farrow and Hoffman are believable and genuine. The relationship between these two characters are realistic and believable. Too bad, we didn't see more of Olympia Dukakis, Marian Mercer, Tyne Daly, and Alix Elias in the film. This film is a character study of an unlikely couple.

For most of the movie, quite frankly, I was so bored I dosed off about five times. Once the end of the movie neared, however, I started to like it. Of course, my DVR has a habit of only liking to record the first hour and twenty-five minutes of things, leaving me with the need to buy the movie just to skip everything and watch the last five minutes.A brief synopsis of the film would be that Dustin Hoffman, an emotionally challenged, furniture designer, and Mia Farrow, a worker at an art gallery, meet at a bar, then have sex, and spend the next day in his apartment, talking and thinking about themselves and their past-loves. Eventually, she leaves, never learning his name and him never learning hers and, they eventually meet again when he tries to find her, but discovers her in his own home instead, and they begin to date (thanks to my television, I'm guessing, so don't take my word for it).All together, the movie is strangely cohesive and an interesting view on the romance of two romantically blunt people.Buy the movie and WATCH it, I know I have to.

This is a fine little movie. It is a great commentary at the way young singles acted out their lives at the start of the anything-goes ME era. It's worth watching just to hear Mia say that line about breakfast. I remember at the time it was released that Dustin Hoffman was a bit unconvincing as a swinging single, since it had only been about 3 years since Mrs. Robinson seduced him after he spent the afternoon floating around the family pool. When you watch "John and Mary", enjoy the great on-location filming, and keep a sharp lookout for when the two title characters actually introduce themselves by name to each other, lest you miss this touching moment.

I know, this is just a small movie, but one that I'm able to see again and again, mainly because of little things as the bright blue sky upon Mia Farrow eating an apple or the original egg-cups in Dustin Hoffman's kitchen. It's difficult to explain but I love every moment of this movie without a strong reason: this is to me as an old family photo, not perfect, but still so dear... Then: good actors, original script, with refreshing ironic touches, and really beautiful set.