The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 2
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Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 0
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In Elaine May's second directorial outing, Charles Grodin stars as Lenny, a slick salesman who, while honeymooning with his new bride, Lila (Jeannie Berlin, May's daughter), begins to have second thoughts about his marriage. Once Lenny spots the gorgeous Kelly (Cybill Shepherd), he is lost forever. Legally divesting himself of poor Lila, he follows Kelly to her upper-middle-class home, where he runs into the formidable opposition of her father (Eddie Albert), who states bluntly that he'd rather
Feb 5, 2002
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Cast
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Charles Grodin
Lenny -
Cybill Shepherd
Kelly -
Jeannie Berlin
Lila -
Eddie Albert
Mr. Corcoran -
Audra Lindley
Mrs. Corcoran -
William Prince
Colorado Man -
Augusta Dabney
Colorado Woman -
Mitchell Jason
Cousin Ralph -
Art Metrano
Entertainer -
Doris Roberts
Mrs. Cantrow -
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Marilyn Putnam
Mrs. Kolodny -
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Eric Lee Preminger
Pecan-Pie Waiter -
Jack Hausman
Mr. Kolodny -
Tim Browne
Kelly's Boyfriend -
Jean Scoppa
Flower Girl
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All Critics (22) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (2)
Elaine May's deft direction catches all the possibilities of young romance and its tribulations in light strokes and cleverly accents characterization of the various principals.
Wittily directed by May, and neatly scripted by Neil Simon.
Top CriticElaine May's The Heartbreak Kid was directed with a sure feeling for how comedy can edge over into satire and then tragedy.
A first-class American comedy, as startling in its way as was The Graduate.
Grodin cria um personagem extremamente egoísta que, ainda assim, consegue despertar nossa pena, ao passo que Shepherd, lindíssima, surge mais complexa do que poderíamos imaginar. Mas é Berlin quem rouba o filme com sua Lila irritante e comovente.
Discussion-worthy '70s anti-romantic comedy.
A meticulous winnowing of the male ego for the clueless schmuck in it
Forget Fargo and A Simple Plan: In 1972, The Heartbreak Kid had Minnesota down cold.
Heartbreak doesn't end; it just runs out of steam.
Bitter about marriage yet optimistic about infatuation...
May's sardonic, poignant look at a romantic triangle of nice Jewish boy, nice Jewish wife, and the gorgeous shiksa who upsets their honeymoon was labeled by some as an exercise in self-loathing, and critics asking if all Jewish women are so irritating?
Sometimes it seems that nobody ever has any idea what it is he's chasing after, and so the chase never ends.... It's a good day when you can laugh about it, which is what The Heartbreak Kid lets you do.
A poignant and witty marital comedy.
Genuinely funny thanks to Grodin's prodigious comic talents, though Eddie Albert nearly steals the show.
Lots of fun, with a slightly bitter aftertaste
A pleasing comic tragedy that looks at the disastrous effects of love on a man.
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