4/5 Twice in a Lifetime
  by Railroad man (Marysville Washington)
I was raised in the town of Snohomish Washington, where this movie was filmed. I bought it for only one reason I wanted to See Snohomish on film. If you live in the northwest you need to get a copy for yourself, so you to can recognize some of the buildings and streets that you also know. In the end of the movie there is a wedding that was filmed in the old First Baptist church. I built the cross that hangs in the baptistry for my sisters Wedding years before, it was kinda neat to see it hanging there and know that my work is in the movies. If you choose to watch it you will enjoy it.
The Railroadman

4/5 Hackman's Great
  by R. A Rubin (Eastern, PA United States)
Gene Hackman is not handsome or suave. He isn't a tough guy in the mold of Bogart or Cagney though he has a manly presence. He doesn't have a romantic persona on screen, but somehow he carries off a believable middle-age romance with Ann Margret in Twice in a Lifetime. Well, who wouldn't if the object of affection was Ann-Margret?

When a man leaves his family after fifty, dumps his wife, lovely Ellen Burstyn, and separates himself from his angry daughter, Amy Madigan of the short hair do and Ally Sheedy of the Brat Pack fame, well, all hell breaks lose. If blue collar, Mariner and Sea Hawk rooting, Harry MacKenzie wants a second chance at love, he has to face the wrath of all those that love him.

This is an uncharacteristic look at middle-age divorce and love so rare in a Hollywood film. Harry has wrought a moral and ethical riddle. The audience will have to decide.


1/5 an adult classic is given lousy treatment
  by George Kaplan (calgary, Alberta Canada)
for anyone waiting for a decent presentation of this fine film, keep waiting. The transfer is old and grainy and is only availabe in full screen. In this day and age of wide screen TV's and the DVD boom, how can a studio still release product without the slightest consideration for FILM FANS.....BEATS ME?

1/5 HORRIBLE DVD QUALITY
  by Michael J. Black (Cleveland, OH USA)
Gene Hackman is my favorite actor, but with technology the way that it is, I would expect a better DVD transfer than this! It's dirty with scratches and spots and dropouts. Plus, it's only in full-frame format. NO WIDESCREEN!
I gave it 1 star because of Gene Hackman's performance but for me, it's unwatchable.
The tragedy is that this may be the only transfer done of this movie, since it's not a block buster.
COME ON GUYS, LET'S SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THESE MOVIES! THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF GENE HACKMAN FANS OUT HERE!
By the way, same review for TARGET, although it is in widescreen. That was also very disappointing.

1/5 Fine Movie, Shoddy Presentation
  by Randy A. Salas (Minneapolis, MN)
"Twice in a Lifetime" is a good drama and worth seeing. Unfortunately, this new DVD is not widescreen as Warner Home Video originally announced, but instead is an especially poorly done pan-and-scan presentation. I do not recommend this disc and am posting this as a public service to those who might be misled by Warner's original announcement or Amazon's "technical details," which are incorrect.