The first act focuses on not-so-blissfully wedded couple Sam and Karen Nash, who are revisiting their honeymoon suite in an attempt—by Karen—to bring back the love to their marriage.

Sam eventually walks out, allegedly to attend to urgent business, and Karen remains to reflect on how things have changed since they were newlyweds.

The second act involves a meeting between Hollywood movie producer Jesse Kiplinger and his old flame, suburban housewife Muriel Tate.

The third act involves married couple Roy and Norma Hubley on the wedding day of their daughter Mimsey, who has locked herself in the suite's bathroom and stubbornly refuses to come out.

[3] Vincent Canby of The New York Times called the film "an aggressively tiresome movie", writing that in the transition from stage to screen, "I don't have the feeling that anything much has been lost, but rather that nothing much was ever there".

[6] Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times called the film "a bright, diverting comedy" that was "enriched by not one but four stop-the-presses performances".

"[9] The film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy but lost to Fiddler on the Roof.

[10] Maureen Stapleton was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture but lost to Ann-Margret in Carnal Knowledge.