Yanks

This well-made but often-boring movie examines, soap-opera style, a trio of couples. A small English village is thrown for a loop when a bunch of Americans show up, tossing money around and wooing the local women. The first two relationships are creakingly predictable. Gere is a hotshot who falls in love with Eichhorn, the prim daughter of Roberts and Melody. As much as she likes Gere, her heart belongs to her absent boyfriend, Derek Thompson. Devane and Redgrave are both married--to absent spouses. His wife is in the US, and her husband is off fighting. They have a brief affair but realize it's not in the cards. The relationship between Vennera and Morgan escapes ...