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The Odd Couple II (1998)

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Howard Deutch directed this sequel to the The Odd Couple (1968), originally adapted from the 1965 Broadway comedy by Neil Simon. Thirty years later, Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon) and retired sportswriter Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau) meet at LAX and drive a rental car across the desert to attend the wedding of Oscar's son Brucey (Jonathan Silverman) to Felix's daughter Hannah (Lisa Waltz), but a breakdown leaves them stranded at some distance from the main highways where they are sprayed by a

PG-13, 1 hr. 36 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Howard Deutch , Neil Simon

Written By: Neil Simon

In Theaters: Apr 10, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Oct 20, 1998

Paramount Home Video

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Cast

Jack Lemmon
Felix Unger
Walter Matthau
Oscar Madison
Christine Baranski
Thelma
Barnard Hughes
Beaumont
Jonathan Silverman
Brucey Madison
Jean Smart
Holly
Lisa Waltz
Hannah Unger
Mary Beth Peil
Felice
Doris Belack
Blanche MadisonPovitch
Ellen Geer
Frances Ungar Melnick
Jay O Sanders
Leroy
Rex Linn
Jay Jay
Peggy Miley
Alice Ghostley
Mary Fogerty
Rebecca Schull
Florence Stanley
Lou Cutell
Richard Riehle
Bernard Hughes

Critic Reviews for The Odd Couple II

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An afterthought, but fun to see Lemmon and Matthau again.

March 2, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

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A big letdown. They waited 30 years to follow-up a classic comedy with this? Sadly, the final film Lemmon and Matthau did together is also the pair's weakest.

March 4, 2006 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

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AKA Return of the Living Dead 4

October 28, 2005 Comment

Pete Vonder Haar

Film Threat

Unfortunately--no offense, now--this is mainly a case of the Old Couple, given the mediocre direction of Howard Deutch and, mostly, the surprisingly bland script by Neil Simon.

September 9, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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David Bartholomew

Film Journal International

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One of Matthau and Lemmon's last films and still very funny

April 25, 2008

Sunil Jawahir

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Thirty years have passed since the original flick based on the Simon play, and Lemmon and Matthaw unite again, but something clearly is amiss in this tired story.

July 8, 2008