Chris Messina, Chris Parnell, Darrell Hammond
A sweet, hilarious and slightly subversive romantic comedy that examines the issues of marriage, monogamy and whether "I do" is the only path to life-long love and happiness.
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DVD Release Date: January 29, 2008
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September 10, 2009I watch this now whenever I have a bad day because it cheers me up to no end. Abby perhaps outshines Sam from Garden State and I enjoy Ira's paranoia.
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November 22, 2009Painfully pretentious at times, but there is a genuine likeability to both the main characters, and the subplots are handled well. The performances are uniformly good, and Westfeldt is cute as a button without being overbearing (somehow). I enjoyed it.
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August 16, 2009One of my all time favorites! Other than slight over use of the f-word, its fabulous. The story is realistic and a great contrast to chic-flicks and fairy tales. Jennifer Westfeldt is an incredible writer. Judith Light and Robert Klein are especially well matched. The scene with ...( read more)
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August 1, 2009Quite simply - a sweet, humourous, charming romance.
I really found this to be a pleasant movie-watching experience with its When-Harry-Met-Sallyesquness. (How's that for a desciptor?) It allowed the characters to be slightly more dimensional than your typical romantic comed...( read more) -
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June 10, 2008I wish I could watch every movie ever made but I sadly don't have the time. I'm not interested in this movie because I don't think I'll like it or don't know enough about it to think I might like it. I may still end up seeing it some day though.
Critic Reviews
October 5, 2007
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
September 18, 2007
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
The nicest surprise of the week -- not just nice but amazing -- is a comedy called Ira and Abby. full review
September 9, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Amidst its inquiry into the feasibility of monogamy, marriage, and true love, Ira & Abby raises a more pressing issue: Is this all there is to mainstream indie filmmaking? full review
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