The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 dark comedy - romantic comedy film directed by Elaine May, written by Neil Simon, and starring Charles Grodin, Jeannie Berlin, and Cybill Shepherd.
Jeannie Berlin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Eddie Albert was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
It is #91 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs, a list of the funniest movies ever made.
It was remade in 2007 as The Heartbreak Kid starri...
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The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 dark comedy - romantic comedy film directed by Elaine May, written by Neil Simon, and starring Charles Grodin, Jeannie Berlin, and Cybill Shepherd.
Jeannie Berlin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Eddie Albert was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
It is #91 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs, a list of the funniest movies ever made.
It was remade in 2007 as The Heartbreak Kid starring Ben Stiller and Malin Akerman.
A black comedy examination of love and hypocrisy, the satire begins with the New York City traditional Jewish marriage of emotionally-shallow, self-absorbed nebbish-man-boy, Lenny Cantrow, a sporting goods salesman, (Charles Grodin). While honeymooning at the Doral Hotel on Miami Beach, he meets and pursues a tall, blonde, Midwest WASP, seductively bitchy, but sarcastically witty and gorgeous, coed named Kelly Corcoran (Cybill Shepherd). His unsophisticated and emotionally-needy bride, Lila (Jeannie Berlin,...
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