Sweet November (1968 film)

Sweet November is a 1968 American romantic comedy film written by Herman Raucher and starring Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley and Theodore Bikel.

Successful British box manufacturer Charlie Blake (Anthony Newley) meets Sara Deever (Sandy Dennis) when they both take a driver's exam in New York City.

When they return to her apartment, Charlie meets Alonzo (Theodore Bikel), Sara's older, vegetarian friend.

She explains that she has a "special therapy program"; she takes in a man for no longer than a month to diagnose and fix whatever problem he has.

As November progresses, however, Charlie begins to fall in love (for the first time in his life) with the unorthodox Sara.

[3] In her February 9, 1968, review for The New York Times, Renata Adler writes "Sweet November must be the most sentimental and sinister fantasy about contemporary love in years.

One can't help leaving the theater sniffling and furious with oneself, which makes the movie a little hard to criticize.

A new myth that is deep and probably durable… (reversing) the terms of the modern urban argument: he wants to get married, and she, for her own special reasons, wants to have an affair.… There is only one possible resolution for all this perfection.