Modern Romance (1981)
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85% of critics liked it
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65% of users liked it
(1,528 ratings)
Opening well past the point favored by most romantic comedies, director/co-writer/star Albert Brooks' take on the genre begins with a breakup. After exchanging harsh words in a diner, Brooks and Kathryn Harrold go their separate ways. Brooks then spends the next few days attempting to forget his… More Opening well past the point favored by most romantic comedies, director/co-writer/star Albert Brooks' take on the genre begins with a breakup. After exchanging harsh words in a diner, Brooks and Kathryn Harrold go their separate ways. Brooks then spends the next few days attempting to forget his troubles through work, exercise, drugs, and other women, torturing himself at each step. While it's hinted early on that this isn't the couple's first breakup, it eventually becomes clear that the they have cycled through the same events for even longer than expected. Meanwhile, Brooks' character, a film editor assisted by Bruno Kirby, attempts to put the finishing touches on his latest assignment, a none-too-promising space adventure starring George Kennedy and helmed by a details-obsessed director (James L. Brooks). ~ Keith Phipps, Rovi
- Directed By
- Albert Brooks
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 13, 1981 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 24, 2006
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Derek Adams, Time Out
Extremely funny, ultra-hip and alarmingly insightful.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The first part of the film is farcical and very funny.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ends up more insightful than funny.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
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
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Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine
Nearly as much as Jerry Lewis, Albert Brooks's comic persona is defined by its unlikability.
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Cast
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Albert Brooks
as Robert Cole
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Kathryn Harrold
as Mary Harvard
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Bruno Kirby
as Kay
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Jane Hallaren
as Ellen
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James L. Brooks
as David
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George Kennedy
as Himself/Zeron
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Bob Einstein
as Sporting Goods Salesman
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Gene Garvin
as Sound effects mixer
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Meadowlark Lemon
as Himself
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Rick Beckner
as Zeon
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Joe Bratcher
as Jim
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Candy Castillo
as Drugstore Manager
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Cliff Einstein
as Music Mixer
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Virginia Feingold
as Bank Receptionist
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Albert Henderson
as Head Mixer
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Dennis Kort
as Health Food Salesman
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Thelma Leeds
as Mother
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Karen Mayo-Chandler
as Neighbor
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Tyann Means
as Waitress
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Jerry Belson
as Jerry
- George Sasaki
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Hugh Warden
as Bank Dick
