Am I the only person who found this movie dated?

Just got through watching the DVD; being a great fan of Jack Lemmon (the man is almost a god to me) and an appreciator of Blake Edwards's comedies, I was bitterly disappointed to discover the way this film had almost pitifully dated. I found the movie so overtly pious in its delivery of its 'message' that I was laughing at some of the scenes that should have had me weeping. I'm thinking particularly of that rather strange scene towards the end where Lemmon breaks into a bar to steal a drink, only to have the bar owner emerge and pour the bottle over him while cackling manically. I almost thought I was watching REEFER MADNESS all over again! I found the film generally too heavy-handed. I have just recently watched Billy Wilder's 'THE LOST WEEKEND' (1945), a film that I don't think has aged a day in it's grim depiction of a descent into alcoholism. I think it's because WEEKEND, like 'TRAINSPOTTING' (1996), shows the effects, and attraction, of alcoholism/drug use and encourages the viewer to form their own opinion, rather than the moralising that takes place in ROSES, where alcohol is presented without any seductive quality. I never saw the attraction that either Lemmon or Remick had to the bottle, and was therefore unsympathetic to their plight. Anyway, this isn't a post designed to rile people who loved the movie, but I do feel as if I've missed something and was interested to know if anyone else feels similarly.

Glumpy.