Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Paul Mazursky, 1969)

This sex comedy drama was quite a hit in its day, probably considered somewhat adventurous by the middle-of-the-road punters, which is just how the characters within it view the swinger lifestyle they try so hard to acquire. They're two couples trying to stave off middle age with pipe dreams of free love and subsequently finding it a poisoned chalice. The tone is thoroughly breezy and, even if it is irredeemably dated in its outlook and basic prudishness, it makes quite an entertaining excursion all the same, with a denouement of surprising depth too.

5/10