Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

whereismikeyfl Many people here seem to think that this was a network program--but it was not.It was part of a new kind of programing, direct-to-syndication, that Norman Lear started with Mary Hartman. He tried to build on that success with All That Glitters, which tanked big time. The sad part was it had been on the air for a few months and had moved from foregrounding the concept to foregrounding the characters--which made it into something strange and fascinating.Maybe there is a book someone should write about the days of pre-cable, when various producers tried to find ways to avoid the heavy hand of the networks....

Qanqor Tonight I happened to be thinking about this show for no discernible reason, when, *poof!* I had the epiphany of finally remembering the *name* of this show. So I had to come look it up and see if anybody else remembered it or what the story of its cancellation was. I watched it some as a kid, but sadly stumbled into it fairly late in its run; practically by the time I decided I liked the show and wanted to watch it regularly, it was *poof!* off the air. I don't remember it well enough to rate it, but that opening "song" sure was catchy and a fair bit of it stuck in my head. I really wonder if I would enjoy the show now, as an adult, or if it would seem trite. I don't know. But I liked it then, and it pleases me to find others who remember and liked it. Thanks, guys!

linda_ball I seem to remember it being on one of the (few) independent channels of the era. The other comment here talks about 'network.' That's all I really wanted to ask, but it wants me to write ten lines. Since I wrote the summary here I often get e-mail about this show and my only knowledge comes from having watched it when it aired. I did get to ask Norman Lear about it when he spoke here once. At the time I tried to post a comment quoting his response, but I think that the powers-to-be probably didn't want to have me asserting what Norman said.If you write to me about this show, bear in mind that I just got to watch it when it aired and I am just relying on those memories.

Leslye Allen (LJAllen) "All That Glitters" was undoubtedly Norman Lear's most cutting edge work. To say that this show was ahead of its time is an understatement. Staying very much in the vein of Lear's trademark "social commentary" brand of humor, the society into which this show's characters were cast portrayed women as dominant and men as submissive and oppressed.The key to its charm was the blatant inversion of traditional gender power dynamics as well as the complete inversion of gender-based rituals and ceremonies. I recall one episode where a wedding took place where the groom--still dressed in traditional tuxedo--came down the aisle with his bouquet in hand to meet his bride waiting at the altar.As a first run syndicated television show, "All That Glitters" never had a regular "national" primetime slot which would have made more of the public aware of its existence. But one thing was sure: the sexism inflicted by the women on the men in this show didn't look any better than it has coming from men. By switching the typical gender roles, Lear managed to make both a humorous and serious statement about the ugly side of sexism without preaching––an all too rare occurrence in television. This one ended much too soon.