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... [More]
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman
Director: Gene Saks
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Reviews for The Odd Couple
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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 |
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3/5 |
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 |
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B |
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 |
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4/5 |
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 |
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8/10 |
...it's still the original movie that best captures the essence of the characters and story. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
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 |
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5/5 |
Lemmon and Mathau's finest hour. Full Review |
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The only successful adaptation of a Neil Simon play. Full Review |
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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 |
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5/5 |
Truly classic comedy in Neil Simon school with superb Lemmon and Matthau.
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B |
The film still remains fresh, as amazingly the many one-liners and the wacky situation still work. Full Review |
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9/10 |
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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An irresistible double act from Lemmon and Matthau. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
It does well as an evening's entertainment. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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