Ira and Abby

Ira and Abby (2006)

  • 68% of critics liked it
    (41 reviews)

  • 61% of users liked it
    (2,639 ratings)

Love at first sight has some interesting repercussions a few months down the line in this offbeat romantic comedy. Ira Black (Chris Messina) is a wildly neurotic thirtysomething who can't get his life in gear -- the son of a pair of therapists, Arlene (Judith Light) and Seymour (Robert Klein), Ira… More

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By
Robert Cary
Written By
Jennifer Westfeldt
Genres
Comedy, Romance
In Theaters
Jun 23, 2006 Wide
On DVD
Jan 29, 2008
Magnolia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Nell Minow, Chicago Sun-Times

    The movie benefits from an exceptionally strong line-up of supporting characters beautifully played by a top-notch cast.

  • Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

    Ira & Abby has plenty of sharp details, mostly verbal, and it gives old pros and newer faces a chance to show off their poker-faced comic wiles.

  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

    Ira & Abby is like its characters: nice with a lot of problems.

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    It's sunny, oh-so-New-York and ever-so cute, and Messina and Westfeldt, under-used actors, are equally beguiling.

  • David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle

    Ira & Abby is a comedy of errors that makes very few along the way.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jim H


    A couple quickly falls in love and marries, and then they have to deal with the ramifications. This film is remarkably uneven. It is often jaunty and farcical, but there are moments of true pathos that demand we take the action more seriously than we had been prepared for. There is… More

  • Jennifer X


    I'm at least glad to know that somebody is filling in for the psychoneurotic Jewish dilettante while Woody is off parading himself in Europe doing god-knows-what. This movie largely succeeds due to Jennifer Westfeldt, who plays Abby with such au naturale the role seems made for… More

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]In "Ira & Abby," Ira(Chris Messina) has spent the last six years of his life working on his doctoral dissertation on psychology.(Both of his parents(Robert Klein & Judith Light) are psychoanalysts.) After twelve years of therapy, his analyst can… More

  • Fascade F


    Don't know how I missed or passed this one up..but it was simply hilarious. To me, Ira Black (Chris Messina) plays the part of the perfect neurotic "schlepper" in this movie.Ira was so bad in relationships that his own psychiatrist doesn't want to see him any… More

  • Deb S


    "This is a f^cking nightmare" Judith Light. Pretty much sums this movie up. At 33, Ira can't make up his mind about anything. He's has an on and off relationship with Lea (Maddie Corman) for nine years, he can't finish his doctoral dissertation to allow him… More

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