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The Odd Couple

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The Odd Couple (1968)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:30

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: After being thrown out of his home and marriage, fastidious Felix decides the only thing for him to do is to move in with his best friend, Oscar Madison, a divorced man living alone in an upper... After being thrown out of his home and marriage, fastidious Felix decides the only thing for him to do is to move in with his best friend, Oscar Madison, a divorced man living alone in an upper eastside apartment. Oscar is a total slob, with week old sandwiches under his pillows, while Felix is a compulsive cleaner, constantly vacuuming, dusting and polishing. The question is: Can these men live together with out killing each other?... [More]

Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman

Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman, David Sheiner, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley, Iris Adrian

Director: Gene Saks

Director: Gene Saks
Producer: Howard W. Koch
Screenwriter: Neil Simon
Composer: Neal Hefti

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Mar 4, 2009

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Audio Commentary:

  • 1. Charlie Matthau, Chris Lemmon

Featurette:

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  • 2. Inside The Odd Couple
  • 3. Memories from the Set
  • 4. Matthau & Lemmon
  • 5. The Odd Couple: A Classic

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The Neil Simon comedy that lit up Broadway for more than two years shines again in this flawed but still funny screen adaptation.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
04/27/09
TIME Magazine
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The key to the movie is its stars... it is Matthau's reserved yet committed man's man that gives the film its comedic edge.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
04/18/09
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Acting is all: Lemmon and Matthau are terrific in their first teaming in this highly amusing comedy, which is sharply written by Neil Simon but poorly directed by theater helmer Gene Saks.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
03/15/09
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

When critics discuss chemistry, that onscreen magic that occurs between perfectly paired actors, the electricity exemplified by Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon is a textbook illustration of same.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
03/09/09
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
Filmcritic.com

...it's still the original movie that best captures the essence of the characters and story.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
03/07/09
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

he plot, nothing more than a premise based on Simon's real-life brother, Danny, goes nowhere, but then it's not really supposed to.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/01/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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Lemmon and Mathau's finest hour.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/08
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

The only successful adaptation of a Neil Simon play.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
04/01/08
Channel 4 Film
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For all its overfamiliarity, this is a good play, easily Simon's best, and Matthau and Lemmon inhabit it with grace and style.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/01/08
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Truly classic comedy in Neil Simon school with superb Lemmon and Matthau.

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04/23/07
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
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The film still remains fresh, as amazingly the many one-liners and the wacky situation still work.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
01/19/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It's just one hilarious situation after another in this classic comedy about two polar opposites (one compulsively neat, the other a slob) forced to live together.

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03/04/06
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

An irresistible double act from Lemmon and Matthau.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Tom Milne
Tom Milne
Time Out

No review available.

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01/09/06
S. James Wegg
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JWR

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04/28/05
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

It does well as an evening's entertainment.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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04/07/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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03/15/04
Josh Gilchrist
Josh Gilchrist
Billings Outpost (Montana)

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01/02/04
Jules Brenner
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12/10/03
Frank Swietek
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