Lemmon and Mathau's finest hour.
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04/01/08
The Odd Couple (1968)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:31
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: After being thrown out of his home and marriage, fastidious Felix decides the only thing for him to do is to move in with his best friend, Oscar Madison, a divorced man living alone in an upper... [More]
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman
Director: Gene Saks
Reviews for The Odd Couple
Top CriticThe only successful adaptation of a Neil Simon play.
04/01/08
Top CriticAn irresistible double act from Lemmon and Matthau.
01/26/06
Top CriticThe Neil Simon comedy that lit up Broadway for more than two years shines again in this flawed but still funny screen adaptation.
04/27/09
Top CriticThe key to the movie is its stars... it is Matthau's reserved yet committed man's man that gives the film its comedic edge.
04/18/09
...a durable classic, the sort of comedy that doesn't try to yank laughs by cramming its fist down our throats.
03/18/09
Acting is all: Lemmon and Matthau are terrific in their first teaming in this highly amusing comedy, which is sharply written by Neil Simon but poorly directed by theater helmer Gene Saks.
03/15/09
When critics discuss chemistry, that onscreen magic that occurs between perfectly paired actors, the electricity exemplified by Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon is a textbook illustration of same.
03/09/09
...it's still the original movie that best captures the essence of the characters and story.
03/07/09
he plot, nothing more than a premise based on Simon's real-life brother, Danny, goes nowhere, but then it's not really supposed to.
04/01/08
Top CriticFor all its overfamiliarity, this is a good play, easily Simon's best, and Matthau and Lemmon inhabit it with grace and style.
04/01/08
Truly classic comedy in Neil Simon school with superb Lemmon and Matthau.
04/23/07
The film still remains fresh, as amazingly the many one-liners and the wacky situation still work.
01/19/07
It's just one hilarious situation after another in this classic comedy about two polar opposites (one compulsively neat, the other a slob) forced to live together.
03/04/06
No review available.
04/28/05
It does well as an evening's entertainment.
10/23/04
Top CriticNo review available.
04/07/04
No review available.
03/15/04
No review available.
01/02/04
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