Extremely funny, ultra-hip and alarmingly insightful.
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06/24/06
Modern Romance (1981)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:17
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Film editor Robert Cole is breaking up with his girlfriend, Mary--again. Even Mary doesn't really believe he's serious. Sure enough, after 24 hours of trying to start his life over by launching a... [More]
Starring: Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, George Kennedy, Bruno Kirby
Director: Albert Brooks
Reviews for Modern Romance
Top CriticBrooks brings his inimitable brand of dry comedy to this look at the world f relationships.
05/24/03
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03/26/09
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03/01/08
Ends up more insightful than funny.
01/08/07
In Albert Brooks' second comedy, which is both funny and irritating (some of it by design), he plays a nuerotic film editor who's unable to sustain a normal relationship
12/27/06
Nearly as much as Jerry Lewis, Albert Brooks's comic persona is defined by its unlikability.
05/03/06
makes the repetition and relative tameness of the primary plot seem all the more obvious
01/10/06
No review available.
05/14/04
Modern Romance explores the dangers of possessive love.
01/31/04
Brooks can be very funny, but sometimes his whining mutes the laughs.
11/05/03
Another obsessive classic from Albert Brooks
10/03/03
No review available.
07/25/03
No review available.
01/07/03
No review available.
11/13/02
Not Brooks at his best, but still amusing
10/04/02
Yet another Albert Brooks film. Why?
08/26/02
An early-career winner from Albert Brooks.
07/26/02
The first part of the film is farcical and very funny.
01/01/00
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