Carole Shelley, David Sheiner, Herb Edelman

Two middle-aged, divorced men share an apartment, but one is neat and uptight while the other is a slob.

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G, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Gene Saks

Release Date: January 1, 1968

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DVD Release Date: December 12, 2000

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  • September 30, 2009
    The classic comedy pairing of Matthau and Lemmon is fantastic, I love this film. Supporting cast are fantastic too!
  • February 21, 2009
    funny and twisted. makes you laugh and grimace. jack lemmon plays a neurotic type with a bit of o.c.d and a huge case of being a big girls blouse while matthau plays an every-guy. it's unusual watching but worth it
  • August 8, 2008
    The definition of screen chemistry
  • June 8, 2008
    I thought this was fantastic... ;]

    The story of Felix and Oscar...

    Oscar and his buddies Speed, Roy, Vinnie, and Murray the cop are playing poker and discussing their friend, Felix Unger, who is unusually late to the game. Murray's wife calls and tells him that Felix...( read more) and his wife have split up. As they are discussing what to do, and worried that Felix might try to commit suicide, Felix arrives not knowing that his friends already know that his wife has kicked him out of the house.

    Felix had spent most of the night wandering around, going to a bar to get drunk (he pinches his neck trying to down a drink), and then trying to commit suicide by throwing himself out of a hotel window (he throws out his back trying to open the window)....

    Felix eventually breaks down crying and his friends try to console him. Oscar then suggests that Felix move in with him, since Oscar has lived alone since he split up with his own wife, several months earlier. Felix agrees, and urges Oscar to not be shy about letting him know if he gets on Oscar's nerves...

    Within a week, Oscar is going nuts. Felix is a neurotic, obsessive-compulsive nut, who runs around the apartment cleaning and picking up after Oscar, and berating him for being such a slob...

    It could only go one way from here on out lol...and it was hilarious every step of the way, Lemmon and Matthau were great together...a fantastically odd couple...
  • April 5, 2007
    Hilarious movie. These two actors are both timeless.
  • November 17, 2009
    Fantastic dialogue. Matthau and Lemmon are never better!
  • October 21, 2009
    Something to watch......
  • August 20, 2009
    The pairing of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon is always a good one, they work so well together. Great fun, extremely well written, better than most of Neil Simon's work. Very much a classic.
  • August 8, 2009
    It was pretty funny but in some ways, morbid humor because divorce isn't funny at all. I kept hoping that the men would go back to their wives.
  • August 2, 2009
    Loved tihs film. Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau were excellent.

Critic Reviews


October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It does well as an evening's entertainment. full review

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  • andaleagle1
    October 15, 2008
    iv been a fan of these two for years but tony randell is still a good one too

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