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The Heartbreak Kid

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The Heartbreak Kid

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Comedy starring Charles Grodin and Cybill Shepherd. On honeymoon in Florida, Lenny Cantrow falls in love with Kelly, a girl he meets on the beach. Deciding that his marriage was a dreadful mistake, he frantically pursues the bemused Kelly, undaunted by her parents' dislike for him.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Tony Sloman

A marvellously witty, and genuinely disturbing black comedy, scripted by Neil Simon from a Bruce Jay Friedman short story, is given extra potency by the casting of director Elaine May's own daughter Jeannie Berlin as the Jewish wife jettisoned for a blonde "shikse" on her honeymoon. As the husband, Charles Grodin is brilliant, equalling his Midnight Run best, and Cybill Shepherd is well cast as the other woman, while veteran Eddie Albert makes a welcome appearance as a very antagonistic father. The acid cruelty of the first part of the film is not, alas, sustained throughout, and, frankly, neither is the plotline, which fails to reach any kind of climax. But there's more than enough left to satisfy sophisticated, especially Jewish, audiences.

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rolenameLenny CantrowCharles GrodinKelly CorcoranCybill ShepherdLila KolodnyJeannie BerlinMr CorcoranEddie AlbertMrs CorcoranAudra LindleyColorado ManWilliam PrinceColorado WomanAugusta DabneyCousin RalphMitchell JasonEntertainerArt MetranoMrs KolodnyMarilyn PutnamMr KolodnyJack HausmanPecan Pie WaiterErik Lee PremingerKelly's boyfriendTim BrowneFlower GirlJean ScoppaYoung BoyGreg PecqueMrs CantrowDoris Roberts

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rolenameDirectorElaine May

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