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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Elaine May |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1972 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Anchor Bay |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Comedies & Family Ent., Feature Film-comedy, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 013131168198 |
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Customer Reviews of The Heartbreak Kid
Eddy Albert's Finest Hour "No deceipt in the cauliflower"? What about the "honest carrots"? I saw this while living in a Construction Camp in Northern Australia in 1971. We used to watch movies outside, projected onto a huge white screen. This movie is nothing short of hilarious.
pretty good, but comes up frustratingly short
This is an intriguing movie with a lot of things going for it, but it ends up falling disappointingly short of greatness. The movie was directed by Elaine May, and the screenplay was written by Neil Simon. Charles Grodin plays Lenny who meets his dream girl Kelly, played by Cybill Shepherd, but unfortunately, he meets her while on his honeymoon with his wife Lila, played by Jeannie Berlin. Certainly, Cybill is great in this movie--funny, charming, and seductive, it's no wonder that Lenny would fall head over heels for her. There are some highly amusing scenes here such as the scene where Grodin gives three of Kelly's classmates a "drug test", and the one-on-one scene with Grodin and Eddie Albert. Plus, the movie's oh-so-'70s theme song is amusingly fun. The ending of the movie is also clever and intriguing.
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>However, the movie is frequently awkward, and although that's probably intentional, the script comes up short in many places, and at times the acting misses the mark as well. There are some really overblown moments between Grodin and Jeannie Berlin where Grodin painfully overacts. For example, there's the part when he unexpectedly screams at her in the scene where she's lying on the bed with an awful sunburn and he informs her he's going to get a beer. Another example is the part where he gets deliriously defensive when she questions if he's telling the truth over a story that he totally made up as an excuse to spend time with Kelly. Grodin is also cringe-worthy in the scene with him by the fire in the cabin with Shepherd, although it's the lame lines of which he's been given that are more at fault than his acting.
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>I also want to point out that I find it rather curious that this movie gets classified as a comedy, because it really leans more towards a drama. I mean, if the drawn out, melodramatic scene with Lenny and Lila at the seafood restaurant is supposed to be particularly funny, I find that disturbing.
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>Overall, still a pretty good movie despite all of its faults--Cybill Shepherd's performance is a must see, and Grodin and Albert have their moments as well, but the movie does leave one feeling frustratingly unsatisfied.
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This movie is absolutely wonderful. It is completely hilarious. The acting is done wonderfully by Charles Grodin. This is one of his best films of all time. Also, the extra sexy Cybill Shepherd is an absolute doll in this movie as usual. This helps to make the movie even more riveting. I cannot say enough good things about this movie.