[3] Writer/director Peter Markle's first feature film,[1] it was made with a SAG cast recruited from the Guthrie Theater[5] and a nonunion crew.

[10] A man whose wife has left him starts dating again by placing ads in newspaper personal columns.

[6] New World Pictures distributed the film nationally, and it ran for twelve weeks at St. Louis Park's Cooper Theater.

[8] It also received generally positive reviews:[8] The Washington Post called it a "minor but admirably polished and attractive low-budget gem,"[5] and Variety said that the "story really isn't all the profound, but it's told with sincerity and humor, full of likeable, decent people dealing with familiar problems with wigging out.

"[11] Variety also commended the cast "making their feature film debut ... so natural it could embarrass some Hollywood acting schools.