Anne Meara, Anthony Holland, Billy Dee Williams
Arthur Hiller (Love Story) directed the film adaptation of Neil Simon's curious comedy about a pair of non-New Yorkers (Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis) having a hellish visit to the Big Apple on ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 25, 2003
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October 1, 2009I love Jack Lemmon, I also like Hiller as a director and Sandy Dennis is also a brilliant actress. I also liked the inventive story line, a true original of a much used structure. Unfortunately it?s a bit low on laughs and after a while it?s just an angry man shouting a lot. Its ...( read more)
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November 4, 2007albeit having some funny moments the film was just moan moan moan moan and frankly i get enough of that shit from the older folks where i work. last thing i wanna do is sit down for 2 hours and hear some couple complain constantly. jack lemmon couldn't save this.. and he only kno...( read more)
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August 21, 2009In all likelihood, the only G-rated movie ever to contain a child molestation joke.
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December 19, 2008Reasonably entertaining Neil Simon comedy that is primarily interesting for its look at the perils of travel on the 1970's East Coast. What doesn't work is Jack Lemmon's endlessly irritating character, and the fact that both he and Sandy Dennis seem more like native New Yorkers t...( read more)
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November 13, 2008One of the greatest movie ever made. This movie was written directly for the screen by Neil Simon, and his mastery of creating a hilarious but also surreal story perfectly works in this uproarious comedy. The luggage sequence, being dumped down in the middle of the central park, ...( read more)
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