The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 15 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Synopsis: Elaine May's second film, THE HEARTBREAK KID was also her most successful comedy. Reminiscent of her old partner Mike Nichols's THE GRADUATE, THE HEARTBREAK KID deals with themes of misguided choices, the idea of true love, and how lust colors both--all with the unique comic spin created by... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Charles Grodin, Eddie Albert, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley
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10/13/07
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?
09/09/07
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.
06/25/06
Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid was directed with a sure feeling for how comedy can edge over into satire and then tragedy.
10/23/04
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Genuinely funny thanks to Grodin's prodigious comic talents, though Eddie Albert nearly steals the show.
01/27/04
A pleasing comic tragedy that looks at the disastrous effects of love on a man.
05/24/03
A first-class American comedy, as startling in its way as was The Graduate.
05/20/03
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Snappy dialogue and director Elaine May's natural feel for comic moments make this film an urbane saga.
02/07/02
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