Many TV movies are rather banal things, with bland characterizations and limited insight into their subject matter. TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS is pretty routine but it does have a great trio of actors and a top director (Delbert Mann) who manage to put the plot across quite well.
Diana Conti (Lee Remick) is happy married to Ted (Joe Bologna) when she meets up with architect Paul Rasmussen (George Peppard) while both are stranded at an airport by a snowstorm. Diana and Paul fall in love and begin a passionate affair, during which she must choose between her longtime husband or her exciting new lover.
While we've seen all of this before, the star cast kept me interested during the entire film. Remick appeared to become more beautiful the older she was, and Bologna and Peppard are fine, although Peppard was getting a little lazy by this stage of his career. It was nice to see an Italian-American character (Bologna) who wasn't temperamental and overly emotional, and it was also nice to see sturdy character actor Jess Osuna in a brief bit. TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS isn't a landmark movie or a breathtaking experience but it's very good on its own terms--a pleasant and modest story.
Diana Conti (Lee Remick) is happy married to Ted (Joe Bologna) when she meets up with architect Paul Rasmussen (George Peppard) while both are stranded at an airport by a snowstorm. Diana and Paul fall in love and begin a passionate affair, during which she must choose between her longtime husband or her exciting new lover.
While we've seen all of this before, the star cast kept me interested during the entire film. Remick appeared to become more beautiful the older she was, and Bologna and Peppard are fine, although Peppard was getting a little lazy by this stage of his career. It was nice to see an Italian-American character (Bologna) who wasn't temperamental and overly emotional, and it was also nice to see sturdy character actor Jess Osuna in a brief bit. TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS isn't a landmark movie or a breathtaking experience but it's very good on its own terms--a pleasant and modest story.